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Steel, Water, Video Projection, Sound; 14′x4′x2′

A tall steel ladder looms over a small bucket of water. A video projector projects the lips of several women reading a siren-like text into the bucket. The text dares and cajoles the viewer to jump. This work was inspired by cartoon characters who would leap from tall ladders into small buckets of water, defying fear and logic, only to emerge unscathed from seemingly impossible situations. These characters were too foolish to be afraid of death and for that, I loved the

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