“A Siteless Room for a Blind Poet (a sightless room for a blank poet)”
plywood, acrylic, mini speakers, iPhone3, transparency film, overhead projector
26 x 27 x 24 in. (66 x 68.5 x 61 cm)
© 2013
With a declaration of absence, closed off and defiant, the notion of self imposed house arrest seems to have some traces of autobiography: “A Siteless Room for a Blind Poet (a sightless room for a blank poet),” plywood, acrylic, mini speakers, iPhone3, transparency film, overhead projector, 26 x 27 x 24 in. (66 x 68.5 x 61 cm).
Publisher Hatje Cantz writes: Utopia has become a controversial concept, spanning the field between the belief in an ideal society and the dystopian nightmare. Within the last decade, the contemporary art scene has witnessed a return of utopia and utopian thinking. Whether detectable as an impulse, critically reassessed as a concept, or cautiously or daringly articulated in a specific vision–utopia continues to matter.
What is significant about defiantly closing oneself off, and in this case, without an exit? Does this allow some insight by removing outside stimuli, or is this a reflection of inner turmoil?