Fountain

Fountain, 1999, 5:30minutes, SD video

Fountain is a video that originated from a live performance of drinking water from a mirror.  The image of confronting one’s own image recalls Narcissus, the Greek god that fell in love with his own image without recognizing it as his own, in some way being a splitting of the interior and exterior selves.  In Fountain the image attempts to become whole again by drinking in the image of itself.    

Review:

1999_"Patty Chang at Jack Tilton"_Art in America

1999_"Art in Review"_The New York Times