Choking You Became a Solution
2007
multiple print construction: archival pigment based ink on paper
45" x 45"
The sections of this construction are all printed in color.
Text in image reads: I locked myself in a room while you roamed the house screaming. Finally, you attacked the door with a kitchen knife. Choking you became a solution. At first, I only grabbed you by the throat, but the length of time quickly increased with each occasion. I seemed to be testing your level of endurance. The last time you collapsed. You started writhing on the floor and a slight foam came to your lips. I was extremely frightened that I had committed an irretrievable act.
All Images and Texts copyright James Barth, 1972-2021