The Lift Project (1979 - 1982): a participatory installation in the form of a full sized lift with automatic doors, lighting, back projection (slides) and a dedicated computer.
The lift rider presses the operating button, a panel above the door indicates the lift approach, a POI screen spells out all the possible meanings of the word "lift". The doors open. The interior is realistic. .There is a stainless steel cabinet with a telephone, available for "help" in the sense that it contains an endless loop tape of a voice reading excerpts from literature which suggests a journey into the subconscious. On entry, the operating button the 10 minute contemplation of vertical travel. The lights dim, back projection begins and the lift appears to be full of people looking up at the floor indicator. The camera becomes a seeing eye and the scrutiny of lift riders at close proximity. The sound is compressed, images relate to claustrophobia, tension and release.
Collaborator Michael Brown. Sound engineer, Richard Wright
Sponsors: Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council, Transfield, Johns Perry Lifts, Fremantle Furniture Factory, Kodak and Bunnings.

The Braille Book: the pages of an open printed Braille book are spotted with photosensitive sensors that when touched spill the sounds of the furtive pleasures of reading from a number of speakers suspended from the ceiling around the reader.The reading of the text and its full meaning is only available to readers of Braille. The suggestion is that here the unsighted are privileged, within a culture in which usually sight is elevated. The sounds from the speakers suggest possible readings, they are in fact mis-leading.
Collaborators: Anna Gibbs (writer) and Mike Worthington (electronic design).
Sponsors: Scitech Discovery Centre and Curtin University.

Carsick: several pieces of abandoned cars were reactivated by sound and/or video. The door has a small video in the rear vision mirror engaging with the idea of "rear Vision". A fender registers a car crash when a viewer steps in front. The boot/trunk has a video in its floor, images of the road passing swiftly below with the collaged sound of car crashes from B grade movies. The dash board has a sound work in its radio with a looped tape of the relationship between the human and the car bodies (by Anna Gibbs). Two speakers in the centre of the space play the sound of a rusty car disintegrating (by Ros Bandt). Each car piece is lit by coloured lights to enhance possible readings.e.g. the car boot appears like butchered meat.
Collaborators - Anna Gibbs, Ros Bandt, Helen Britton and Brad Clinch.