Bird Trapping Station (Vogelfangstation), 1998-99. Metal, wood and nets - 21 parts, Dimensions variable. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Commissioned by Deutsche Bank AG in consultation with the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation for the Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin. 2005. Andreas Slominski.

Okwui Enwezor delivered the Claflin lecture at Vassar tonight. The title of his talk was “Incarcerated Life: Contemporary Art and the Security State.” Enwezor spoke of “the recent weakening of the liberal model of open society by a range of forces––from the terroristic imagination to the futile calculus of total war and the creeping state of emergency within which both are being prosecuted.” The talk show-cased several contemporary artists (including Andreas Slominski, above, whose work on traps is very stark and eloquent) who have responded to the post-9-11 security state.

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