Friendly Fire
Through sculptures and drawings, the exhibition Friendly Fire (2012) conflates military medicine with antiquated amusements to undermine dominant narratives used to historicize the War of 1812.
Musketball! - a re-themed pinball machine anatomically depicting the torso, illustrates the uniquely destructive path of musket balls on the body, while addressing the proliferation of mediated warfare.
video documentation of the work in operation
Resembling anatomic and ethno-exotic spectacles of the 19th century, Siamese Destiny is an anti-monument reflecting the troubled alliance between the British and First Nations.
Siamese Destiny (2012)
medical skeletons, microcrystalline wax, polyurethane expanding foam, hemp twine, metal, plastic tubing, thread, soil, ink and oil paint
183cm x 146cm x 105cm
Referencing the tradition of battle panoramas and satirical war cartoons, Of Malingerers, Skulkers and Dupes, consists of five ink brush works on deer hide depicting the cat-and-mouse game between surgeons and the soldiers who inventively faked health complications or inflicted self-injury to avoid battle.
Of Malingerers, Skulkers and Dupes, 2012, Acrylic ink on deerskin parchment, Installed dimensions 138cm x 560cm x 9cm
