The Uncontrollability of Desire
The Uncontrollability of Desire was an immersive installation in the two room Foundry Gallery at The University of Oregon addressing the liminal space of dread and desire, queer nihilism, jouissance, and anticapitalist theory.
This work was in part responding to the writings of queer theorist Guy Hocquenghem and other contemporary philosophies through the use of fine metal sculptural tableaus, light, mirrors, industrial space, and organic objects. These ideas exist in the world in tender moments, back alleys, and on the streets. They exist in bathrooms, clubs, and kitchen tables; in theory and action.
The critical installation themes perception + darkness and memetic engulfment were utilized in this installation, most prominently achieved through smell and controlled light. Viewers were transported to a liminal space where they experienced the uncontrollability of desire through a shifted perception.