Process 

Video

Instrument for the Administration of Penance

1995
Assemblage with electrical spark
28 x 28 x 10 inches
Collection of Catarina Sigerfoos

The viewer’s finger will draw a purple spark from the deity inside upon entering the hole. The subject will suffer a mild shock and acquire a tiny singe, fragrant of cannibal lunch. I shan’t bore you with obvious connotations, direct or symbolic.