Heavy Rotation

Heavy Rotation 2011 deals with a theme that has recurred frequently through the history of art the artist at work in the studio Here though the studio is not simply the location of the artworks genesis the artist uses the artwork itself to dissect the spaceand ultimately destroy the siteof its own production In the video Larson uses a turntable apparatus to inscribe circles onto paper eventually perforating it He continues the action until he breaks through the floor creating a disorienting passage into unexpected new spaces Whitney Museum 2014