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Wolves Don't Cry

5-channel synchronized video installation, 12:00 minutes. 4 CRT monitors, 1 flat screen, white shag carpet, 4 pedestals of various heights, dog training collar, stones. 2021.
Wolves Don’t Cry is a 5 channel synchronized video installation exploring my relationship with my brothers through play. We role play as a wolf pack and confront each other expectations and preconceived notions about each other. Gender, age, sexuality, masculinity, puberty, anger and shame are all main topics of discussion that come up. Each pedestal represents each of my brothers and the height of the pedestals is dependent upon the actual height of my brothers. I occupy the middle flat screen. An audio of a narrator reciting a story about our wolf pack ties together 5 screens.

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Wolves Don't Cry narration+CRT