The Way Things Go
Single channel video
2010
5:00 min
Silent
Single channel video
2010
5:00 min
Silent
The Way Things Go takes as its subject the belly button, a vestige from before birth serving no function subsequently — indeed technically a scar. A small monitor displays what appears to be a static image of a young man's navel. Over the course of five protracted minutes it transforms into one belonging to a very old man. Perceptible only to those who spend time with the work or happen to revisit it, the metamorphosis is meant to sneak up on visitors, catching them unaware, in much the same way the deterioration of the body itself does.