<48> Paul Sermon

The Tables Turned - A Telematic Scene on the Same Subject - A live telematic installation, linking two remote sites via 3 x 64 K ISDN telephone lines. Two distant users sitting at separate tables observe a video image of themselves sitting at the same table with the user from the other distant site. Eight draws are located around each table top containing objects that enhance and suggest possible means of intimate communication between the users. The installation title is drawn from William Wordsworth's 18th century poem of the same name, as a critique of the romanticists' world view.