The ACCELERATION PROTOCOL presents reconfigured outdoor gear and a two-channel video. I was curious about the ironies in outdoor lifestyle culture and also if there was some meaning in the endurance rituals we participate in, like jogging or even dancing all night in techno clubs.  I worked with my dear friend Bob Villain, who belongs to another world than ours, to find out...

The video was filmed in the redwood forests of Humboldt County and the exhibition was produced with the support of Cal Poly Humboldt University and the John S. and Lona B. Edwards artist in residence program.
Times Standard
Mad River Union
Redheaded Blackbelt
Cal Poly Humboldt
3d exhibition model
Reese Bullen Gallery, Arcata, California, 2026.
 
11 Sculptural reconfigurations

Two-Channel HD (4:3) video. Stereo sound. Runtime 08:24
Starring: Bob Villain
Director of Photography: Pascual Sisto
Score: Konrad Black
Additional Music: Natalia Escobar and Troy Pierce / Pierce with Arrow / DAIS Records
Sound recordist: Michael Pollock
Color: Alaa Abdullatif
Animation: Pascual Sisto