Haunting Raises Specters (by A.G.)

Haunting Raises Specters (by A.G.) is an immersive installation in which the entire north-facing wall of the Cook County Jail in Chicago (25' x 850' in size) is scaled and printed onto a seamless, translucent textile and hung on a curtain-track system to create a (re)moveable "wall." The malleable facade contends with the rigid qualities of the actual wall, offering an opportunity for the viewer to engage with its physical, social, and emotional power.

Haunting Raises Specters (by A.G.) was first exhibited at Jane Addams Hull House Museum, as part of the "Into Body Into Wall" exhibition that focused on Gaspar's long-term, community-engaged 96 Acres Project (2012-2016). The title of the exhibit emerges from Palestinian American writer, Suheir Hammad’s poem, break (vista), which contemplates the ways in which walls are structures of oppression around the world. Subsequent installations include Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (pictured below), among others.

ABOVE VIEWS FROM THE JANE ADDAMS HILL HOUSE MUSEUM, CHICAGO.

ABOVE VIEWS FROM CONTEMPORARY ARTS MUSEUM, HOUSTON.

Haunting Raises Specters (by A.G.)
2015
Digitally printed dye substrate, aluminum curtain-track system, beaded chain, grommets
10' X 160'

Photo documentation: Rachel Herman (Jane Addams Hull House Museum)

Photo documentation: Jacqueline Andrade (Contemporary Arts Museum Houston)