FIT

interactive video and sound installation, 5 x 9 m
1993

Audiences encounter a video projection of an aerobics instructor who stands in silence until a viewer approaches. When a viewer moves in front of the projection and into the spotlight, the instructor begins exercising to music. If a viewer stops moving, the instructor also stops exercising and the music becomes silent. Each time a viewer begins moving his or her body, the instructor begins a new exercise with music. If a viewer exercises non-stop, the music and the instructor’s exercising will increase in tempo until an extremely fast level is reached. Although the aerobics instructor is technically controlled by the physical motion of audiences, viewers are compelled to exercise faster and faster without stopping.