lamp, (presence)
constructed from the component parts found behind the scenes at an art institution, the artist requested that the gallery technicians build a simple system involving a switch and a bulb/ when present in the space, the artist switches the light on, and switches it off when leaving/ within institutional life, many people take on several varying and diverse roles/ with this piece, the artist creates a hopeful ritual to allow a switching on, switching off and switching between these different duties and personas/ the work also mirrors the solar elements which are present in many of the artist’s processes, which rely on the sun to commit images to permanence/