Annuit Cœptis II (2010)

A performance installation with a single-channel ‘live’ feed

Date: November 5, 2010
Venue: Sharp Graduate Studios, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL
Time: 7.30 p.m. till 8.30 p.m.

Presented as part of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s annual Open Studios night.

Six panels of dollar bills earned over six nights of working as a go-go dancer were exhibited in the studio space, accompanied by a performance piece by the artist at the window.

A camera was placed across the road and directed towards the window of the studio space. The footage was projected ‘live’ onto an empty wall in the studio, giving visitors two simultaneous views of the performance, from the interior and the exterior of the building.

*Annuit Cœptis – He who approves of our undertakings, annuo (nod, approve) and cœpta (beginnings, undertakings).

Photo Documentation: (by Cheng-Yung Kuo)