Her Toll

Her Toll
Ava Larkin
11.5' x 6' diameter
Antique furniture, 16 piano player
paper rolls, light fixture, dress
maker's form, metal, metronome
Her Toll is a play on femininity, architecture and personal space. Using antique piano player rolls of paper, a "wall" is constructed over a fabricated steel hoop skirt, grossly disproportionate to that of a hoop skirt worn in the 1800's. Under the skirt is an environment: a room constructed out of desperation, loneliness and confinement. An antique ceiling fixture illuminates the interior and an old table with stool that reside inside. The steady rhythmic pulse of a metronome ticking resonates from within, toying with the idea of pacing, an abnormally slow heartbeat, waiting: the song of one's existence. On top of the skirt is the figurehead: a vintage dress maker's form, able to be conformed to whatever standards may apply during one's existence.