pNew babies just home from the hospital, children cavorting under the Christmas tree weddings, receptions, birthday parties--these and many other happy memories live on through the magic of color slides. --Kodak instruction manual, 1967 ppInterview with Darsie Alexander, Curator, BMA, August 2004 ppbSince the Renaissance, most art has been prized because of the prodigious skills that went into its making. Why would any artist choose to work with slides bppIt's tempting to see slide projection as quick and easy. Indeed, many artists cite these qualities when explaining their initial attraction to the medium. But the process can be complicated, involving not only the creation of the transparency itself but also its arrangement, projected scale, and timing. A single carousel may contain as many as eighty images that must be numbered and ordered, a task that grows all the more complicated with the addition of each new slide grouping. When we rediscovered a piece by one of the performance a