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Shitting back on the Bird
2010

Installation

Taxidermy pigeon; headphones; unlit candle; candle wax; white porcelain hand

Dimensions  varies

Presented in Blaak 10 Gallery. Rotterdam, 2010



Shitting back on the bird stages a petty act of reversal with deadpan humour. A triangular metal armature supports a taxidermy pigeon perched at one corner. Suspended above it, a pair of headphones carries an unlit candle; wax has been dripped onto the bird’s head, mimicking the nuisance it answers. At the sharp apex of the triangle rests a white porcelain hand, an emblem of ‘poetic justice’. Installation view, Blaak, Rotterdam (2010).