blackbird online journal spring 2002 vol.1 no. 1

 

GEORGE FERRANDI  |  Superhero, Sidekick, Gaggle of Ghosts

Sing

 Character Analysis #2: Sing
 Dimensions variable. Mixed media installation. 2003
 Troy, New York

Sing seems a very vulnerable character.

This installation could only be viewed through a reflection in a mirror that was visible through the open door of a closet. In turn, the viewer could only see the open closet door by peeping through the window of an exterior door. It made the viewing require an intimacy born of voyeurism that seemed appropriate to Sing’s character.

Regarding Sing:

a. Has *one soft chair in his living room and one red ball cap to make him feel n-n-normal.

b. Would rather feel the unpleasant something that accompanies Charlotte than the nothing     nothing that preceeded her.

c. Whenever he hears Charlotte taking a shower downstairs, he stands, sometimes clothed, in
    his own bathtub, convinced he can smell her essence.

d. Is aware he is regarded as an objective condition . . . as in
   “I don’t have time for this.
    or
   “Were you always like this”?

 *  This is all he has in his living room. Since their apartments are laid out the same, he can more       easily picture her moving around.

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