3/4 hour
(1998)

3-4 hour3/4 hour ("three-quarter hour") stars a parking meter brain, a set of human hands, and three quarters in a an hour long video loop.  the meter shows "time expired" as the hands drop a quarter into the slot and turn the crank.  the pointer moves to twenty.  two quarters later shows the meter at the big "1".  the hands and the quarters return when the time runs out of the meter one hour later . . . a silly facial apparition and a discrepancy between the title of the piece and the length of the video reveal the contemporary cultural misconception that time and money are directly related to each other.
[above:  3/4 hourstill frame from video, with:  parking meter brain, quarters (dimensions variable)]


homesculpturevideo © 1999 greg martin.