Cildo Meireles, Strictu, 1999
Strictu, a walk-through installation first exhibited in Bonn, Germany, in 1999, consists of rows of stainless steel poles around which a length of chain winds toward a wooden table and chairs. At the end of the chain, close to the table, there are handcuffs and iron prison balls. The room is shadowy, although an interrogation lamp shines brightly on the table, revealing a piece of paper with a typed statement. In its unyielding spareness, the open space of the installation becomes a setting for the exercise of complete control, a vivid manifestation of the authoritarianism that has often been the subject of Meireles’ work. (via)
If I ever raise a child as silly as Carl, I’ll consider myself a failed parent.
(Source: erosboros)