An Installation SIP

Abstract

The artist writes “I continue to eat meat, but I do not want to watch an animal die. In my work, I focus on the relationship that we have with eating flesh, or in most cases, the relationship we avoid. In this project, I used leftover parts from my family member’s recent deer hunting season. In this project, three deer that were killed during late December and early January were used. Respect for the animal and its body is a vital element to my work. I have been able to see how these animals have acted in my life after its death. In the gallery space I wanted to create a space where the viewer would have to confront the guilt and violence involved with hunting and eating meat, while simultaneously allowing the viewer to enter a beautiful space. In this way, I wanted to create a memorial for the lives of the three deer that were killed, and celebrate the products of their flesh and how we interact with it today. Through this, I hope to display the relationship between guilt, beauty and violence. The walls within this gallery space are made through staining cotton sateen with watered down deer blood that was collected immediately after a doe was shot and killed. The fabric that was splashed aggressively with blood, and then was mopped around so that the fabric would soak up as much blood as possible, as if I was trying to wash away the guilt that I couldn’t avoid. Most importantly, I want this project to ask the viewers to reflect on their own guilt.”