Cheese Puff, 2:23, 2005
Single Channel Video

The line between joy and anger is but a moment in time. It can be difficult to distinguish the difference between laughter and sorrow because the facial expressions and vocal sounds for both are similar. Humans are unique in the ability to communicate emotions and needs with facial gestures such as a cry or laugh.

Cheese Puff is an experimental video about our relationship within the context of the ultimate junk food, cheese puffs. We live in a middle class American town with a Super Wall Mart and numerous fast food restaurants. In this work we plunge through water and cheese puffs, while never touching. The cheese powder and oils eventually fall from the puffs making the water cloudy and thick. Through the use of irony we explore our relationship with each other and our culture. Additional footage includes images of our shoot in our garage referring to backyard sporting events such as backyard wrestling in middle America.