2024
photograph and spray paint on wood
8 x 10 x 1 in.
“Switch 3”
2024
photograph and spray paint on wood
4 x 6 x 1 in.
A “switch”, an illegal black-market attachment for Glock handguns that when attached, converts them into fully automatic weapons. Its name appears frequently in the lyrics of many street rap songs. My fascination with it stemmed, in part, from the fact that most people have no idea what it even is, and couldn’t tell you what it was even from looking at it, but this object that’s no larger than a quarter, could land you in prison for close to a decade if you’re unlucky enough to be caught with one. That kind of sentencing, and much of policing and punishment is predicated on the “potential” to cause harm, instead of actual harm caused.