Sharp Shooter consists on an old Sharp CRT flat screen television, on a stand opposed by a power washer gun, that had been sprayed black to look more menacing, mounted on a stand.
The resulting sculptural situation is to some extent a reversal of the roles where it is the means of mass communication, the television that is at the receiving and of the gun's perceived aggression. By pointing the gun at the television, the motion in 3D space, observed on the screen and also through changes in phase and direction in the stereo field through the television's speakers is controlled. Pointing the gun at the screen results into change in motion across 3 axis, corresponding to the motion in ‘physical space’ as initiated by the user. In a way the sculptural situation acts as a mirror with added depth, the motion on the screen and those initiated by the user are tethered, and fed back to each other with the resulting changes being determined by the previous changes and so on. The television, traditionally a one way communication system is converted into a two channel communication stream, a two-way conversation with the audience and its surrounding environment.
CRT Television, Software, Faux Gun, Accelerometer, Sound & Stereo Field (2018)