Reckoning
Reckoning, an installation-environment of wood (some charred), feathers, Rebecca’s personal notebooks, found objects (bed, doors), bird netting, lighting, and mixed media. Installed at Rosalux Gallery 2018.
Reckoning creates a domestic-theatrical psychological space of wonder and terror. It continues Rebecca’s Bedtime series of sculptures - although here the room begins to take shape around the bed. Black feathered curtains swirl at window. There may be flames raging outside and fire inside too…or is this a dream about a fire? Stacks of Rebecca’s dozens of black bound notebooks are visible on the burned wood floor.
“Reckoning” means a settling, a summoning, a judgment, or the avenging/punishment of past misdeeds. The “day of reckoning”, is a time in the future when one will be forced to deal with an unpleasant situation that they have avoided until now. This installation evokes questions about what we hold on to, where we hold on, and the costs of holding on: memories, secrets, notebooks, relationships, possessions, or houses.
Many thanks to my students Nick Bad Heart Bull, Zhiyun Cheng, and Sydney Shea for their invaluable assistance with this project.
Rebecca would like to thank all the people and places that have helped make this work possible, with special love to Rosalux.
