Sauna Exit (photographed in the dark)
2010
balsa wood, steel, plexi-glass, lightbulb
7" x 11" x 2"
white painted, electric sauna sign to replace any standard exit sign
As vulnerable as we are in our unpredictable environments, what provides us with momentary security and a sense of calm? In the throes of anxiety, worry, and fear, do we need an escape or just the illusion of escape? Using diverse media, I have attempted to amplify the necessary but often-futile striving for relaxation and protection, by way of searching for some humor in the melancholy.
Our brains are wired to daydream for a reason. Faced with a life challenge or an enduring pressure, we naturally seek pleasurable experience and stillness. By offering slightly ridiculous methods of evading stress (death not excluded), or by presenting handicapped symbols of leisure, I aim to magnify the bittersweet reality of living every day with the knowledge that we will leave this world, and that we had better hurry up and relax about it.
2010
balsa wood, steel, plexi-glass, lightbulb
7" x 11" x 2"
white painted, electric sauna sign to replace any standard exit sign
As vulnerable as we are in our unpredictable environments, what provides us with momentary security and a sense of calm? In the throes of anxiety, worry, and fear, do we need an escape or just the illusion of escape? Using diverse media, I have attempted to amplify the necessary but often-futile striving for relaxation and protection, by way of searching for some humor in the melancholy.
Our brains are wired to daydream for a reason. Faced with a life challenge or an enduring pressure, we naturally seek pleasurable experience and stillness. By offering slightly ridiculous methods of evading stress (death not excluded), or by presenting handicapped symbols of leisure, I aim to magnify the bittersweet reality of living every day with the knowledge that we will leave this world, and that we had better hurry up and relax about it.
