Pump

Pump is a multimedia installation.

The room is hot and dark. Twenty-three 16" x 20" photographs line the walls. Three video monitors are suspended from the ceiling.

The video is a 20 minute narrative about gendered desire and labor, based on my experiences working as a Stationary Steam Plant Engineer at the Bank of America World Headquarters building in San Francisco. An additional soundtrack fills the room: an audio inventory of all the facilities equipment (pumps, fans, boilers) recorded during my rounds while working at the De Young and Asian Art Museums.