David Kennedy Cutler

Force Quit

During the opening, the artist emerges from a door behind the exhibition, wearing his image-outfit. He drags a dummy dressed identically to him. He tries repeatedly, and fails to make the dummy stand autonomously. Discovering an empty vitrine in the exhibition space, he manages to hang the dummy on a hook within. He seals the vitrine with a drill and screws. Satisfied with the completion of his task, he undresses in front of the vitrine, revealing he is wearing the clothes the image-outfit is based upon. He leaves his Second Skin behind, mirroring the dummy in the vitrine. He then leaves his opening never to return.

Performance photographs by Kristen Chappa and Anne Barlow.