Perigee, 2010
In February 2011 Oliver installed his work Perigee at the Everson Museum of Art at Syracuse University. A perigee is the point in outer space where an object traveling around the Earth, such as a satellite or the moon, is closest to the Earth. This phenomenon can cause tidal waves to be stronger. The movement of the video describes the rotation of both planets, the moon and the Earth, and the alternate rising and falling of the sea. Its projection on the site, framed strategically against the stars, transports the viewer into the celestial continuum where earth and its inhabitants are affected by larger bodies in space.