CONVERSE, CONFER, CONCEIT

This installation was located in an abandoned Western Union switching office. A closet was constructed that layered suitcases, a metal cage, suits and shoes. Over the course of the show, the pigeons soiled the suits situated below them, progressively lightening their dark fabric. Spaced evenly in front of the closet were twenty metal rods on stanchions supporting telephone receivers. The phones were connected to a microphone in the bird cage. Since the phones only received messages, viewers had to listen to a one way conversation from the birds while they ate, bathed and shat upon the clothes below them.

Converse, Confer, Conceit, 1991, Site-specific installation for the exhibition: Site: Western Union, Haines Gallery Annex, San Francisco, CA; wood, metal, hardware, clothes, shoes, suitcases, pigeons, 96"x 192"x 192"