Excerpt from the Full-Length Video
Air Hunger
Single Channel Video, SD, 4:3, 4:51
16”x24” Cibachrome Photographs
air-hunger comes from a medical condition, Kussmaul Breathing, which is the rapid, deep, and labored breathing of people who are in a diabetic coma. Kussmaul Breathing is also referred to as air hunger. The project, air-hunger explores issues of communication, sexuality, and trust in relationships through the metaphor of what is traditionally scene as a children’s activity, chewing bubble gum.
A man and woman interact by blowing bubbles. These bubbles hit and miss. When the bubbles do connect, their air is shared and the sugary bubble gum provides a life-sustaining medium for a few seconds.
