Knock Knock
Wood, 2024
A sculptural reinterpretation of the mortsafe – a protective iron cage used by British and American churches in the 17th and 18th centuries to prevent grave robbing. At the time, state-controlled autopsies were limited due to Christian doctrine, giving rise to an illegal trade in corpses to advance medical research. The sculpture distorts the function of the mortsafe by mimicking the form of a children’s toy, juxtaposing notions of violence and care inherent in the object’s design.
