Like her series Sequence, Jenny Perlin’s Flight traces the passing of time as experienced by the artist, but it also traces her movement through geographical space, as evidenced by a paper trail of airport receipts. A 5-minute animation on 16-millimeter film shows Perlin’s redrawing of the texts of 18 receipts. The drawings also stand as independent works. The project highlights the peculiar language of the receipts: Sbarro Pizza, for example, exclaims, “Thank you very much! Please exercise regularly!” By documenting such insignificant acts of daily consumption, Perlin comments on the impersonal, generic language and temporality of economic transactions. Simultaneously she reveals fragments of her personal history and experience.

Jenny Perlin, Flight, no. 10

Jenny Perlin, Flight, no. 13

Jenny Perlin, Flight, no. 16

Jenny Perlin, Flight, no. 19