installation works 2007 REQUIEM THE WEATHER... 2006 THE PASSAGE 2005 THE CHAMBER THE MOUNTAIN Requiem 2007 view images Synopsis In Requiem, Costenoble presents a new video installation that basks in the failure of human aspiration. The video presents a lone dreamer equipped with faux-wings and helmet, seemingly prepared for flight. The man, already conscious of his innate failure to overthrow encumbrance, enacts a token gesture of absurd rebellion. Succeeding in his personal quest to surpass human limitation is self-proclaimed hero of Liberty, Jet-Man, whose aerial exploits over the Swiss Alps starkly contrast with the lone dreamer's feeble urban exercise. Evading the fate of Icarus, these men resentfully succumb to the repressive rule of nature, falling not to the sea below, but back down to the everyday human condition. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.