Der Jasager
C-print, mounted in wooden frame, 36 x 48 in, and 8 min video, sound, color,1997
1 min readJul 21, 2013
Based on a play by Bertolt Brecht, and likewise, this piece takes the school as the site of questioning. The focus of the story is a short dialogue that takes place between a teacher and his students at the crucial moment when a question of life and death is asked. There is a critical problem with the posing of the question as it provides a framework that ultimately determines the answer. Through a series of performative displacements of the expected relation between body and supporting furniture, the stakes of each character are literalized, exposing the discursive apparatus that frames the discussion.
36 x 48 in, 1997
