DAVID KAGAN
The Redacted Bunny [Excerpt], 2008-2010
For nearly two years, I have been constructing a meta-narrative with The Redacted Bunny. Using video, sculpture, and installation, I have sought to create a fantasized diary, as well as a critique of the institutions I exist within or aspire to be part of. The work focuses around two characters, the Bunny Boy and his mother, who are simultaneously facets of myself and representations of various familial relations. The narrative begins with the conception of the Bunny Boy, and continues through to his demise and possible resurrection. Important themes are sexuality, displacement, pressure to perform, the art world, and death.