The Tower of Babel
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| In "The Tower of Babel," I was interested in destabilizing the conventional social structure of an event opening. Inside of a large, tent-like pod, I placed a white conference table with enough surface area to support a 1,000-piece puzzle of the Tower of Babel. As the audience purchased tickets to enter the event, they were given a single puzzle piece. It was their choice to either support the collaborative effort of assembling the puzzle, or to undermine the effort by refusing to participate. Called to re-create an image that is nothing more than the sum of its parts, the guests were given the option of relinquishing the role of sociable strangers in order to become collaborators with a common cause. |