"It was not an installation from which I emerged easily", Caydance said to Griff. He was sitting in the sand, close beside her. In the distance, a motorboat sped across the sea. She described how in Torres' Dictatorship of Swiftness, images of a crashing out-of-control car in a stock car race played on some of the six monitors, while on other monitors, images of soldiers and battle scenes were repeated -- and on the gallery floor stood a field artillery gun."

"In Long Beach", Griff responded, "there is a sports bar that was started about eight years ago by once-upon-a-time Rams offensive lineman Dennis Harrah. There, more screens play more sporting events than you can imagine. But, what with the shouting of the crowd and the clinking of beer glasses, the issues -- that the art work you describe raise -- seldom if ever surface."

studio icon His answer was surprising. ”It never occurred to me that sports bars are video installations,” she said. “I haven't spent much time in sports bars. But some day I will tell you what happened when while I was at Cal, my visiting Father told me, my roommate, and my visiting Mother to meet him at Clancy's for afternoon tea. He meant the Claremont. No tea was available at Clancy’s."