Tyler Wallace & Nicole Dill

Between Us

This project will be webcast in real time. At the end of the work, at 9 pm, the car will stop at THE WORKS at Washington High School for an on-site performance. Watch the live webcast at www.betweenuslive.com.

Between Us is a mobile performance-based outdoor video installation that examines the lines between private and public spaces, confidentiality and disclosure, voyeurism and exhibitionism. Set in a car, the artists have a "private" conversation. The car is equipped with video cameras and microphones that transmit live video and audio feeds from inside the car. The transmission is shown via the Internet for the entire duration of the performance. Additionally, in the last hour of the performance, the car is parked and the videos are projected larger-than-life onto a nearby wall, and the audio is amplified. The setup resembles that of a drive-in theater. Unlike a traditional drive-in, however, the car in Between Us faces away from the projected image, converting the car into an imagined stage.

Tyler Wallace is a Portland-based artist working in video, installation, and performance to investigate concepts of identity and personal history. Nicole Dill is a Portland-based artist whose work interrogates the function of celebrity culture in contemporary society through photography, performance, audio, sculpture, and installation. Both Wallace and Dill recently defended their theses at the Pacific Northwest College of Art, and received their BFAs in May 2009.

www.betweenuslive.com