The inception of ‘Scapegoat’. Building the plates, or walls, began in my studio. I would have three weeks to pull prints off of the walls and it would take me more than that to create the structure to work from.
The opening would be on the Ides of March. In ancient Roman times this was the New Year. The villagers would cast all their sins onto a goat and drive it out of the village, or into a river on this day. Thus ‘Scapegoat’.
I decided to make it a meditation on modern day sins and collected cigar butts, cigarette butts and matches to build my composition and texture.
The process was disgusting, I had to wear gloves, and still felt nauseous at times.
Everything would have to be firmly affixed to watercolor paper and sealed completely to be impervious to ink and water.