Mithridates’s Helmet, 2021 Plastic, rubber, Styrofoam, steel, rope, and fixtures, 18 x 19 x 30 inches. 2021
Mithridates’s Helmet, 2021 Plastic, rubber, Styrofoam, steel, rope, and fixtures, 21 x 20 x 38 inches. 2021
I fabricated these helmets from materials found on the shore of the Hudson River in Hoboken exactly in front of Manhattan. The time I collected them coincides with the raising of the skyscrapers of the Hudson Yards development, which is further polluting the river. Since there are better environmental standards now than in the past but the pollution is the same or even worse, my solution is to protect ourselves from the pollution with pollution, like King Mithridates protecting himself from being poisoned through in- gesting poison.
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