Arielle Falk is a New York based artist who works mostly in video and performance. I first came across her work through seeing one of her videos in Bushwick at a group show. Then again with Sunglasses For The Face where she had customized all these sunglasses and taken portraits wearing them.

Her work deals with a kind of tension thats reminiscent of Chris Burden’s without the self mutilation. But thats what makes her work so powerful. It isn’t in your face but carries a sort of a sombre weight.

In The Crossing, a group of individuals make their way through the crowd on random trajectories implying the possibility of collision with one another. As it goes on, more people are added to the mix making it more likely that they will run into each other.