Madame Illuminata Crack's Phantasmagorical Invention for an Ecologically Sustainable Future

University Art Museum, (UAM), University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 2008

 

“…fabricated from discarded gym equipment and old violins, this Rube Goldberg-like contraption sat before a slideshow of hybridized Constructivist graphics morphed with 19th and early 20th-century archival photographs of indentured laborers in Queensland, most of whom were “blackbirded” or kidnapped, to work sugar cane fields. Hoffie’s work … stands out from the crowd, not pulling any punches in a culture that holds deep respect for the polite demur from strong, publicly stated opinion when the desires of the majority are openly questioned.” - Carol Schwarzman

 

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