Moving On is an installation that is contingent upon audience participation. The piece is comprised of a 16mm projector and a paper shredder plugged into a timer set to thirty seconds. A viewer must start the timer to see the old family movies, thereby committing themselves not only to thirty seconds of footage, but also to the permanent destruction of thirty precious seconds of the same film, someone else’s memories, which glitter in the light as they are spat out of the shredder. The nostalgia traditionally associated with viewing old family films is undermined by the shredder’s jarring sound. I am intrigued by causality and responsibility; those that choose to fully experience the piece are also complicit in the destruction of its key component. The title can refer to the act of forgetting or destroying the past and/or memories, as well as the unromantic advancement of audio-visual technology.
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