3-A Gallery, CICA Museum
April 12 – 16, 2023
2023.04.12 – 16
Fo(u)r Hours
Fo(u)r Hours looks at the readily available documentation of the storming of the US Capitol. During the events of Jan. 6th our full demonstration of American exceptionalism was on display for the world to witness. During that event, never have we seen such a level of documentation of a shared experience where the implicated parties on both sides were on display for the world to see under so many watchful(documenting) eyes. Using the videos uploaded by the insurrectionists, long exposure still images were created from the chaotic narcissism of posting illegal behavior online.
The same participants in the act of illegal defiance on the US Capital are those implicated in defying public orders intended to help the common good. A mandate is mocked by wearing a mask incorrectly, asking the viewer to observe the attention seeking behavior so often witnessed in that of a child. The spirit of the policy is mocked under a false flag tone of fake oppression evoking the crisis of “tyranny”.
The failings of our institutions large and small are on display for the populous to see when we the “self-important” majority of our own opinions, are course-corrected to see our voice in the literal minority. When the spirit of our policies are defamed by the loud few, when the spirit of our good intentions are laid bare as the naïve realities of our unconditional following of misinterpreted notion, our systems fail.
What is the spirit of the rule?
What is the spirit of the mandate?
What is the spirit of the law?
What is the policy of the institution?
What is the repercussion of the defiance of the spirit of the…
This body of work attempts to look back on the events of Jan. 6th as a sort of revisionist history. Drawing the viewer in with aesthetic devices borrowed from Impressionism that subverts itself as soon as the subject matter is revealed. This horrifying beauty aims to make the viewer come back to the work conceptually by treating them with pleasant aesthetics.
