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Consumed
Dwelling
Hah-LOH
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Rosemary Goes to the Mall
Secret
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"Dwelling"
is an immense 11' by 21' digital print that reproduces the side of an
apartment building in Manhattan. It recreates the sense of scale one experiences
in relation to the large buildings of New York. It also feeds voyeuristic
impulses by giving viewers the chance to stare unabashedly at private
apartment balconies. The railings and windows are lined with digitally
inserted owl decoys. Although such decoys are commonly used in New York
City to scare away pigeons, they provide a foreboding and surprising barrier,
standing guard and surprising those who think they are looking in secret.
The owls are a humorous metaphor for the way people protect their urban
plots from each other, from nature, and from outside threats - a not uncommon
instinct in this time of code orange alerts.
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