it abandons and betrays me
2002
stand- 12” x 12” x 60”, bowls- 8” x 7” x 3”
display stand, wooden bowls, water, skin hosts, ash


Three custom made stands with internal halogen lighting. Each is 5ft tall with a 9” high wrap around glass enclosure starting at 4ft. In each enclosure is a wooden bowl with a half bowl upside down fastened on top. Inside the top bowl is 24k gold leaf. The base of the half bowl is left intact making a small circular platform on which the host is presented. One host is split through the centre with ash filling the crevice. One has a hole through the centre filled with ash. The last is left intact with ash around the circumference. There is water in each bowl.