AFTER LIFE


“After Life” is a cabinet of curiosities, an archive of disparate objects that only hints at the experiences and stories behind their creation/discovery. The majority of what remains from the Skull-A-Day project is on display. Most of the original 365 skulls were purely ephemeral only recorded as a digital image. A few of the ones on display no longer reflect their original form as time has aged and transformed them into something other. In one case, the large pile of matches that made up #304 (Don’t Play with) Matches Skull is displayed merely as the burned void where it once sat, accompanied by a video record of its destruction.
After Life is also an opportunity to revisit a project that is both dead and yet still very alive. While I no longer make daily skulls, the images I created continue to mutate and grow. In some cases they have ended up in licensed products (books, t-shirts, cardboard puzzles, wallpaper, fabric) both legal and illegal, taking on the sheen of commercial production. In other cases I’ve partnered with skilled artisans to explode the skulls outward, no longer restricted by the one-day rule, taking commercial production into the world of art.