The Curator was kind enough to remove my sculpture ("Martyr") from the Hermitage Museum, and deliver it to FUTURES. Here I had my van, and we loaded it. (This was the fish pierced with needles, swimming in eye-level golden fluid, over sparkling broken glass, in the small aquarium.)

Over the exhibition period, some of the needles began rusting. This added extra orange tint to the water, especially down the scaley sides of the fish, and under it (since the water was undisturbed). No one at the museum maintained the level of water, so by the end, 2/3 of the fish was hovering above the water line in a mystical pose.

Conceptually, I allowed for this possibility, even though my first choice was to keep it maintained. Had it been a MAJOR priority, I would've done it myself. If I didn't want rust, I would've used anti-freeze in the aquarium instead, with that great, glowing, weird green color, or yellow vegetable oil. The process of degradation was in the content from the start, so it worked out just fine.

Interpretations were pretty immediate - at least the ones given me. They took 1 of 2 categories:

- Religious connotations

- Ecological connotations

BOTH, at least, were intended. I saw no reason to limit it. They were of interest to me. Plus, the Psychological state is ALWAYS my base of operation.

- Psychological connotations

Bones of the Mind.