Anthony Goicolea TICKLE (2002)

Tickle is a three channel video installation documenting the transition from something inane, harmless and fun into something torturous and cruel. Unlike a sneeze or a hiccup, being tickled is not an involuntary force. It is impossible to tickle yourself, yet in the video, some invisible force is tickling the young boy seated at the top of the stairs. As the tickling and laughter progresses, the scene becomes more chaotic and exaggerated until the laughs turn into screams of torture followed by a sigh of