This installation presents the two latest sculptures in the artist\u2019s ongoing ‘Disease Thrower’ series, which reflect experiences of illness and migration. The towering, totemic, twisting forms recall coral formations and are constructed primarily from recycled aluminum-cast water-expanding gel beads and stainless steel tubing. The sculptures feature two large gongs activated during sound baths and various symbolic elements, including cast fruits, vegetables, decorative dishes, and other aluminum parts relating to the artist\u2019s personal healing journey. These two shrine-like, instrumental structures create the central element of the exhibition\u2019s altar-space.<\/p>\n
A medicinal garden creates two semi-circles around the ‘Disease Thrower’ sculptures, spanning 60 feet. The garden includes the Three Sisters \u2013 corn, squash, beans \u2013 which are key crops for Indigenous communities in the Americas, along with roses, tobacco and various plants with healing properties. The beds are interspaced with twisting aluminum wires installed to protect the plant beds and as reference to sacred medicinal plants as well as the artist\u2019s own braided hair, which was cut off as part of a ritual at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n
During healing sound baths, portable octagonal steel holders will secure additional gongs played by the artist and sound healers. An aluminum fire pit at the center of the installation is also utilized during sound bath activations.<\/p>\n
‘Disease Throwers’ (#13, #14) Installation’
\nAluminio fundido, tubos de acero, detalles soldados variados
\nDimensiones variables<\/p>\n
Esta instalaci\u00f3n presenta las dos \u00faltimas esculturas de la serie Disease Thrower, que reflexiona sobre experiencias de enfermedad y migraci\u00f3n. Estas formas tot\u00e9micas y retorcidas evocan formaciones coralinas y est\u00e1n construidas principalmente con perlas de gel expansivo de aluminio reciclado y tubos de acero inoxidable. Las esculturas cuentan con dos grandes gongs que se activan durante los ba\u00f1os de sonido y una serie de elementos simb\u00f3licos, como frutas fundidas, verduras, platos decorativos y otras piezas de aluminio relacionadas con el viaje personal de curaci\u00f3n del artista. Estas dos estructuras instrumentales a modo de santuario constituyen el elemento central del espacio-altar de la exposici\u00f3n.<\/p>\n
Un jard\u00edn medicinal configura dos semic\u00edrculos en torno a las esculturas Disease Throwers, que se extienden a lo largo de 60 pies. El jard\u00edn incluye las Tres Hermanas \u2013ma\u00edz, calabaza y frijol\u2013, cultivos clave para las comunidades ind\u00edgenas de Am\u00e9rica, junto con rosas, tabaco y diversas plantas con propiedades curativas. Los parterres est\u00e1n intercalados con alambres de aluminio enroscados instalados para proteger los lechos de plantas y como referencia a plantas medicinales sagradas, as\u00ed como al propio pelo trenzado del artista, que se cort\u00f3 como parte de un ritual al principio de la pandemia de Covid-19.<\/p>\n
Durante los ba\u00f1os de sonido curativos, unos soportes octogonales de acero port\u00e1tiles sostienen otros gongs adicionales que hacen sonar el artista y lxs sanadorxs de sonido. Tambi\u00e9n se utiliza una hoguera de aluminio en el centro de la instalaci\u00f3n durante las activaciones de los ba\u00f1os de sonido.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":4057,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"exhibition-theme":[],"class_list":["post-4056","artwork","type-artwork","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark-2026.kudos.nyc\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artwork\/4056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark-2026.kudos.nyc\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artwork"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark-2026.kudos.nyc\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/artwork"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark-2026.kudos.nyc\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark-2026.kudos.nyc\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"exhibition-theme","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark-2026.kudos.nyc\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibition-theme?post=4056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}