Against a Single Match, The Darkness Flinches, a slide projection work and mixed-media installation, makes vivid the world of a young boy who, after reading in the National Enquirer that aliens were coming, gets up in the middle of the night, packs a lunch and goes out into the backyard to wait for their arrival.
While waiting for the prediction to come true, the boy embarks on a singular journey, one empowered by his naiveté and childish imagination yet stung by the revelations of the world’s volatility. Despite confusion, he returns from his journey filled with humor and sadness.
A segment of the script is written from the captioned news. Another segment details the boy’s trip to the zoo. Yet another segment takes a journey to the moon.