14 Stations (2005)

Suite of 14 lightboxes featuring backlit silver gelatin prints

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Opening Exhibition:

Brooklyn Museum

Curated by Charlotta Kotik

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14 Stations depicts the traditional Christian devotional Stations of the Cross enacted by men and women who were recently homeless. The project was created in collaboration with the Interfaith Assembly on Homelessness and Housing (IAHH), a nonprofit organization based at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City that is committed to bearing witness to the dignity of all vulnerable people, particularly those who have been homeless.

For each station, the figure of Christ is represented by a different man or woman. The project avoided direct correlation with canonical representations of the Stations and opted instead for scenes of “everyday life” or, more specifically, scenes suggestive of the experience of being homeless.

In addition to the exhibition of photographic images on lightboxes, the work includes a live performance in three parts:

Part 1) Panel discussion with project participants, social workers, and local politicians.

Part 2) Spoken word presentation by project participants co-joined with music (14 piano pieces by Bach performed live).

Part 3) A communal dinner.

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