Machine No.9 [Unbelievable Lightness]

The generator is self-serving in that it only runs the light shining over it, an allegory for western society. It has a finite amount of petrol in it and will cut out at any time and thus the light will go out. In this installation, the generator is below an apple tree. On one level this piece makes a clear eco-political comment, yet the serpentine cable and the filament-cored light globe also work on a Biblical level where we are ejected from Eden and on a Newtonian level where mans use of science can be our downfall as well as work for the common good.