Fence, 2021

This work began with an experiment in which two dogs bark at each other from opposite sides of a fence. When the fence is removed, they calm down and lose interest in each other. As soon as the barrier returns, so does their reaction.

People’s interest, curiosity and reactions often become more intense when a boundary or barrier separates them from the object of their attention. Without such boundaries, interest itself may disappear.

Boundaries shape our reactions and our desire to cross them. This work depicts the crossing of both personal and social boundaries in contemporary society.