SHU

SHU (Blue Hour Lullaby)

2004/2008
Video installation
HD video, sound, 12:30 min

A remote prison in the desert during the blue hour. The compound prepares for the night, the lights are gradually switched on. At the same time as the ground is illuminated, approaching aircraft lights appear in the evening sky, one after the other, slowly accumulating, hovering, floating.

The prison is the California Correctional Institution (CCI) in the Mojave desert, providing a SHU or Security Housing Unit = Level IV, solitary confinement.