form/re/form, 2021
Steel, garage doors, arduino programming
8’ x 32’ x 32’
form/re/form consists of a single large scale kinetic sculpture that questions the functionality and endurance of quotidian objects. The repeated action created by this sculpture disarms the intended utility of the doors and creates a playful mistrust between objects and their application. During the exhibition the work would run continuously with viewers encouraged to walk in and around the object.
Pipes: Lift/Fall, 2020
Steel Pipe, Cable
15’ x 8’ x 24’
This work explores the potential for chance and uncontrollability within fixed structures and set values. Unexpected compositions and behaviors exist within simple arrangements, and potential future states of change cannot be assumed or predicted. 1+1= 1,000,000. Shifting starting conditions creates the subtle potential for near limitless orientations of forms in space and compositions of sound from sequence to sequence.
Column/Rope/Column, 2020
Site-specific installation
11,000 feet yellow Polypropylene rope
In this performance, Duvall tracks 11,000 feet, nearly two miles, which he records with the unspooling of yellow propylene rope. This non-journey represents a consistent theme in Duvall’s work, which is that the repetitive act of doing, is also the act of non-doing. Duration meets fatigue, and organized systems become disorganized.
Suspended Trampoline, 2021
30’ x 8’ x 5’
Installation for RedLine Contemporary Art Center’s annual gala.
Do, Do, Do, Do, Do, 2019
76 individual video performances video duration range: 30s to 30min
Do, Do, Do, Do, Do, examines the ergonomics of absurdity. The actions, exercises and gestures perform automated body mechanics, nonverbal modes of communication, inoperative tasks, and corrective movements. Video sequences range in duration from 30 seconds to 30 minutes.
Hat On A Hat, 2020
Hat On A Hat pairs absurd actions, gestures and systems to create an anti-spectacle, shifting emphasis away from the literal objects and operations towards abstract and illogical propositions. Within the exhibition, each repetitive action, sequence, or gesture seemingly proves and negates itself; there is equal doing and non-doing, which adds up to nothing, but nothing is something too. Spool/Unspool- an evolving site-specific sculpture in the center of the gallery will deliver 36 thousand feet of rope onto the gallery floor over the duration of the exhibition. Spool/Unspool will run continuously, creating a slow transfer from the organized state of the rope on spools to a circumstantial and purposeless heap. Surrounding the gallery is a frieze of 76 individual video performances of Do, Do, Do, Do, Do.
Rope: Lift/Fall
Polyurethane rope, cast acrylic, .5 rmp DC motor
12’ x 14” x 30”
Rope: Lift/Fall slowly loops a large industrial rope at .5 rpm, slowly raising and dropping the rope to the floor, continuously performing work instead of completing it.
Repeat That Again, 2021
19” x 13”
Repeat That Again is a list of 25 actions and non actions to be preformed in any sequence by any participant. Repeat That Again was printed on poster stock and stacked so viewers could take the work away from the gallery.
ENTIRELY DEVOID, 2020
Entirely Devoid presents objects in crisis through misplacement and contradiction. Repetitive actions and kinetic sculptures demonstrate disutility and articulate a mistrust between form and function. The works in Entirely Devoid echo the breaks in continuity and familiarity of our current moment. Themes of agency, futility, absurdity, and misuse underpin the exhibition while adaptations and renegotiations of the familiar are presented by the objects, gestures, and actions.
Ladder, Painted White, 2021
8’ x 26” x 10”
Caution, Caution, Caution, 2021
Digital drawing
Works exhibited as a part of Chromatic Cogitations. Rhythm Reboot, a group exhibition at RedLine Contemporary Art Center. Curated by Rosie Gordon-Wallace, Chromatic Cogitations. Rhythm Reboot is the result of a year-long conversation and exploration between past and present RedLine resident artists.
Abruptly This Misplacement or It IS Hard To Find A Good Lamp, 2019
Fish tanks, mineral oil, and clamp lights
Moving Right Along, 2017
Located in the interior of a former convenience store, Moving Right Along is a site specific, kinetic installation by Trey Duvall. Randomized programing will trigger steel flails to create cumulative patterns of strike marks and impact while the pendulums run during the 15-day duration of the installation. With a sensitive dependence on initial conditions the two high-torque mechanized double pendulums will impact shelving systems, soda machines, retail racks, drink coolers, and walls to create an evolving and unpredictable landscape of detritus. Once set in motion each gesture will create a new starting condition for the following sequence and future strike path.