Jennifer Livingston's installation art featured videotaped interviews of furniture industry employees projected onto white-painted pieces of furniture. Her project was exhibited in Lenoir's historic Bernhardt-Seagle Building.
Livingston interviewed 15 people in their homes, asking how they felt about their jobs and what it meant to be laid off, as well as what they predicted for Lenoir's economic future.
"They were very open," she said. "Most were sad because they felt the industry was here for so long and all the people in Lenoir gave so much to the furniture industry. They weren't angry, just sad."
Livingston took the four best interviews, edited each to five minutes, and then projected each one onto a white-painted piece of furniture similar to furnishings in that person's home. She hoped the installation's 3-D effect would help personalize a community concern.
I thought this was a nice concept and the projections look really nice. I'd say it's pretty miserable like some early Nick Broomfield documentary, but with American accents.
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