no text Previous Home Next  

A vinyl duct is connected to the existing galvanized steel vent of the ventilation system in the old train station in Baltimore, Maryland. The air captured from the vent is channeled through three stages of sewn vinyl ducts and three stages of ribbed plastic tubing. The diameter decreased with each stage. The air is forced into a form resembling the human body, made of components from a vaccuume cleaner, toilet plunger, coffee-maker, peristaltic pump, resusitiation kit, and specially fabricated elements. The peristaltic pump draws water from a transparent plexi-glass box on the floor, and forces it through the coffee-maker components.

The orange power cord supplying electricity, the clear vinyl tube channeling the forced air, and the other vinyl tube carrying the water join in the interior of the vaccuume cleaner bag. This bag serves as the torse of the body-esque construction. The vapor produced when the water runs through the coffee-maker component mingles with the air drawn from the vent in a small multi-chamber tube construction. A vapor-cloud emerges from the tube construction, increasing the level of humidity in the room.