vanessa german, Deathfall of the Empire in Red, or, ACIM lesson #3: I do not understand anything I see in this room, (on this street, through this window, in this place.), 2025

vanessa german

Deathfall of the Empire in Red, or, ACIM lesson #3: I do not understand anything I see in this room, (on this street, through this window, in this place.), 2025

she is red.she sees red.she bleeds red. She reads you red. She is falling she is falling she is falling— she is not dying.she is showing you how cute the death is. She is wood.she is glass beads. She is a tea towel cross stitched to tell the story of a gleeful labor; she is theater. She is falling down and she is not dying. She is cloth, twine, plaster and plaster gauze. She is holding her tongue. She is healed through the wound she is light. She is taking down the empire one spin at a time. She is spinning. She is spinning. She is old uncut car keys. She is a forgiveness so bold that it is original as air. She is graceful. She is a weapon and a hospital. She gazes up. She falls and she does not die.
34 1/2 x 24 x 14 1/2 inches
87.6 x 61 x 36.8 cm

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