"Sniper"

1992. 3' x 3 1/2'. Chicken wire, wax, fabrics, and foam.
The idea behind this piece was to use a "scare tactic" to get people to evaluate their lives. Our lives can be altered or ended at any given moment, are we wasting our time going after careers that other people want us to go after or are we just afraid to take a chance on uncertainty, etc.

This was a piece that pushed the limits of censorship. i tried getting this piece approved for install through proper channels... i talked to the Head of Maintenance Dept to discuss safety issues and i even talked to the heads of the Psychology Dept to discuss possible reactions from the viewing audience -- both positive and negative. A meeting was called by the Dean of Students, which i was not invited to, and they decided to do nothing... approve or disapprove... they left me hanging. A year later i'm close to graduating and i still had no shot of my piece installed... so i went ahead and installed it, albeit on a different roof top (one with an unlocked access, but that soon changed).