Five participants were asked to come to a screening of the 1970 film, Five Easy Pieces. Later that day, each individual was asked to recount, on camera in an empty studio, as much of the film as they could remember. Each participant sat in one of five places on a sofa to recount the experience.
Couples were filmed individually following along to an instructional dance video, Urban Beat III. The footage is played back without sound, with the image of one member of the couple mirrored. As the footage is synchronised and projected onto opposite walls, it appears that one person is always leading, whilst the other attempts to follow.
On each of five architectural columns, a column of vinyl lettering text contains all the words needed to construct a popular love song. When presented in this manner, the emotions and sentiments lose their impact, and the over-riding message is one of banality. The words and repetitions become formulaic, and by extension are able to be reduced, reused and recycled.
