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Virginia Kleker
Drift Away
video, performance [2006]

Balloons can float into the atmosphere until the pressure inside is greater than the pressure outside and the rubber of the balloon can no longer handle the strain. Virginia Kleker’s Drift Away uses the pressures inflicted on the balloon as a metaphor for the strains placed on the psyche by holding onto secrets; the pressure of keeping a secret secret. In this experiential work, participants are invited to attach a secret the have to a balloon, fill it with helium, and let it go into the air.