Dæmonomania
at Et al, etc., March 2 - April 13, 2024

 

And what is innocence?” Narcissus enquired of his friend.
“It is to imagine your life is a secret,” his friend replied. “Most particularly,
to imagine it a secret between yourself and a mirror.”
“I see,” Narcissus said. “It is the illness for which mirror-gazing is the cure.”

Peter Straub, Ghost Story

Emerald Curtain, 2024. Weld-green PVC strip door, steel hardware, vinyl stickers

Little Table, Little Table, 2024. 36 commercially printed magazines, acrylic magazine rack, airport seating

Little Table, Little Table (detail)

Installation view

Installation view

Summonings, 2024. Glass ambrotype.

Familiars (Do you love?), 2024. West Texas asphaltic petroleum, commercial beverage dispenser

Installation view:
Burn Rate, 2024. Open edition of a suite of 72 synthetic images printed on Fuji gloss paper
Always Touched by Your Presence Dear, 2024. Motion-activated security lights
Somewhere Someone, 2024. Synthetic voice, speakers
Wall Piece
, 2024. Salvaged aluminum heatsinks

Clips showing visitors interacting with the audio work Somewhere, Someone and Always Touched by Your Presence Dear, a work composed of motion-activated security lights installed throughout the main exhibition space.

Burn Rate, 2024. Open edition of a suite of 72 synthetic images printed on Fuji gloss paper

Wall Piece, 2024. Salvaged aluminum heatsinks

Installation view

Emerald Curtain 2, 2024. Weld green PVC strip door, steel hardware, vinyl stickers

Installation view

Familiars (S-A-N-T-A), 2024. Bagged anthracite, aluminum pallet, plastic pallet wrap

Servant, 2024. Broom, vinyl sticker

Installation view

For Thou Wast a Spirit Too Delicate, 2024. 4k video loop and monitor


A transcript of an artist talk conducted during the exhibition between myself, Rhonda Holberton, Filip Kostic, and Ana Saygi on April 7, 2024 may be viewed and downloaded here.