COMMODITY EXCHANGE
UPON MY MOTHER’S PASSING
AN UNEASY ESTATE SALE WAS CONDUCTED WITH FRAGRANT STRINGS ATTACHED
IN MAY 2025 AT OLFACTORY ART KELLER IN NYC
All the scents were based around Citrus Medica., also known as Citron or Cedrat.
MY MOTHER LEFT BEHIND MANY OBJECTS OF INDETERMINATE VALUE
People explained their object choices in writing
took them and left written pages on the walls
sprayed with scents of citrus medica.
People explained their object choices in writing
took them and left written pages on the walls
sprayed with scents of citrus medica.
THEY COMPOSED CITRON-SCENTED JOSS PAPER CONFESSIONALS
CERTAIN OBJECTS of UNIQUE VALUE WERE ARRANGED INTO ASSEMBLAGES.
PEOPLE WERE OFFERED CUSTODY OF THE ASSEMBLAGES
PEOPLE WERE OFFERED CUSTODY OF THE ASSEMBLAGES
Each custodian committed to a series
of ritual interactions with their chosen assemblage,
which they were asked to document monthly for a period of six months.
of ritual interactions with their chosen assemblage,
which they were asked to document monthly for a period of six months.
This period has ended,
and the custodians are free to do as they please with the separate objects.
and the custodians are free to do as they please with the separate objects.
WE CONDUCTED A CLOSING CEREMONY
IN WHICH ALL JOSS PAPERS WERE INTONED ALOUD AND BURNED
(WITH TIM DAHL)
IN WHICH ALL JOSS PAPERS WERE INTONED ALOUD AND BURNED
(WITH TIM DAHL)
THEN EDUARDO THE BDS ETROG NINO TOOK A TRIP TO LOS ANGELES FOR A NO-MONEY AUCTION.