Would You Do It?

Installation

May 2nd - 15th, 2019

The Invisible Dog Art Centre, Brooklyn, NY, USA

I designed The Glasshouse in 2013 for my solo show “Cleaning it up.” 

The Glasshouse became an integral part of The Invisible Dog Art Center and gave the opportunity to exhibit numerous artists. As a temporary structure, the Glasshouse was destined to be ephemeral and to be demolished. After the demolition, I was invited to imagine an installation using the left-over construction material.

My research is about the Feminine and its reemergence in our society.  The gathered pieces of wood made me think about when and why the Feminine disappeared. It started in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, during the witch hunts in both Europe and the United States. These reflected not on the influence of the patriarchal state, but also the power of fear to distort humanity.

This work evokes a decision and a question: How can a human being make the decision to lynch, burn or kill another human being with so little and often erroneous information, or with the probability of being wrong?

Would I have done it?

Would you do it?