Trajectory
Monica Herrera's installation "Trajectory" consists of wooden troughs attached to gallery walls, through which metal bearings are sent on their way with the help of audience participation. Meant to be as much an audible experience as it is a visual one, "Trajectory" provides a reminder that in our day-to-day routines and monotonies, in the culturally imposed need to get the ball rolling, one may wonder whether there's any actual comfort in the saying, it's all downhill from here. Herrera brings us up against this psychological angst and seeks to calm the anxiety ridden mind-state with a focus on the comforting simplicity of material minimalism and the participatory togetherness of collaborative art. Amidst the droning sound of balls rolling on wood, one might feel that the heavens still remain a bowling alley, and the lanes go on forever.
