As evidenced by the presence of multiple security cameras in each gallery of this museum, surveillance and voyeurism have dramatically affected the concept of post-modern privacy. What were once considered private actions regularly become matters of public record as one's every mundane movement in public spaces is scrupulously memorialized. Such constant scrutiny has aggravated an ever-escalating sense of suspicion and paranoia that has become an accepted part of everyday life. The video projection created by Tara Kozuback for "nooks and crannies," which drifts across the floor of the lower level women's bathroom, is a commentary that addresses these fears, focusing literally and figuratively on the fuzzy realms that exist between reality and sensationalism.

Tara Kozuback received a BFA in Intermedia from Arizona State University. Her work has been included in the exhibitions: Car, Modified, Phoenix, AZ; Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, Harry Wood Gallery, Tempe, AZ; Video Night, Neeb Hall, Tempe, AZ; and received the "AZ Award" for her entry in the Fifth Annual ASU Art Museum Short Film and Video Festival, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ.

Contact artist Tara Kozuback with questions about her work for
nooks and crannies by e-mail at tarakozubacknooksandcrannies@hotmail.com

John D. Spiak
Curatorial Museum Specialist
Arizona State University Art Museum