THE GREAT DESTROYER (mock-up installation view)
multi-channel high-definition / standard definition video, widescreen 16:9, continuous loop, 2007


“That's the thing you come to learn about Carl, is his undying ability to destroy the things he loves.” Jack Driscoll (character dialogue), King Kong

The Great Destroyer is a multi-channel surround sound video projection attempting to virtually recreate a forest setting in a gallery space (so you weave through projections situated throughout the gallery). All of the projections offer ‘picture-perfect’ flora and are accompanied by a natural soundscape of ‘the wild’; a symphony of birds, insects, etc. Occasionally we hear a lyrebird mimicking the sound of a chain-saw, car alarm, gun shots and cameras clicking as part of his mating call.