Kevin Cooley and Phillip Andrew Lewis
14m29s HD Video
ed of 3 +1AP
2013

A pair of standard box fans connected to a single common powerstrip are simultaneously activated. These coexisting machines morph from inert mechanical objects to dancing, dueling entities, that ultimately bring about their own demise. 

Kevin Cooley and Phillip Andrew Lewis
10m 10s HD Video
ed of 3 +1AP
2013
A large inflatable boat appears at night, moving towards the camera as it hovers over the ground. As time passes, the raft’s unusual, and surprising movements mark an obscure path against the terrain, occasionally soaring through the air, while wearing itself down in the process. The remains
of the boat used in making the video were carefully reconstructed into an ethereal object, illuminated from within. The boat was carefully restored, illuminated, and exhibited in its evolved, yet seemingly invincible form. 

Kevin Cooley and Phillip Andrew Lewis
restored pvc raft, fluorescent lighting
103 x 43 x 18˝
2013

Kevin Cooley and Phillip Andrew Lewis
2-channel hd video, 6m 49s
ed of 3 +1AP
2013
 

Clusters of white balloons are released into the darkened night sky while black balloons are released into an overcast daytime sky.  As both groups blend together on an endless loop in this dual channel video, they bring into question perceptual notions
of scale and distance.

Kevin Cooley and Phillip Andrew Lewis
vintage tvs
2-channel hd video, 1m10s    
16 x 16 x 16˝ 
2013

Piles of black and white dust rapidly erode by gusts of wind, offering irreversible illusions of purity and perfection as they mix to form a temporary cloud, 
a commentary on temporality and the law of entropy.

Kevin Cooley and Phillip Andrew Lewis
hd video, 1m 8s
ed 3/1ap
2013

A set of two ubiquitous, functional box fans with concealed smoke-producing mechanisms, conduct a visually compelling experiment, the purpose of which is left unknown.