Dara Friedman, Bim Bam, 1999, 16 mm film installation with two slot-loading projectors, metal armature, CD player, and speakers, dimensions variable.
The simplest ideas can lead to the most interesting art. Most of the performance art installed in this exhibition at The Whitney was terribly installed, but this was perfect -- in a room by itself, the sound just loud enough to startle you every time one of the doors slammed, the projection large enough to almost wrap your body in it. The disconnect between the image and the sound still manages to be surprising, and the use of silhouettes and strange back-lit figures adds to the intensity and discomfort.
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