Sweet Dreams

“Sweet Dreams” employs two 1’ by 1’ foot blocks that sparkle as if made of out of sugar. On top of each cube sits a white coffee cup and saucer, drank almost to the bottom. These two cubes are installed in an abandoned Bank of America Building in Ithaca New York. The piece alludes to the current financial crisis and the shared risk and responsibility between lender, loan officer, individual and institution. The installation depicts the remnants of an intimate conversation and a very familiar human interaction. Thousands of people sit down in local banks every day all across the country over coffee and figures. They sip coffee with someone, maybe they’ve known for years, sharing intimate financial details, hopes & dreams, and plans for the future.

The unfinished dark liquid leaves a perfect black circle in the bottom of the cup. When left on top of an oversized pristine white sugar cube. Stepping back, a transformation occurs changing the objects into to a pair of oversized dice; the resulting roll is “snake eyes” the classic losing roll.

Sweet Dreams, (in studio) 2009, Various Materials.