SunnO))) / (Repeater) Decay / Coma Mirror

Banks Violette: SunnO))) / (Repeater) Decay / Coma Mirror, 2006 (Saatchi Gallery, London)

„Banks Violette’s Untitled takes as its origin a performance by the rock bank SunnO))) which the audience was allowed to hear, but not to see. Casting their stage equipment in salt, Violette’s Untitled comprises the only visual documentation of this event. Through its strange crystalline and ghostly presence, Untitled captures the lingering aura of ominous phenomena. Reminiscent of the biblical story of Sodom, Violettle’s contemporary ‘pillars’ of salt give aftermath testimony to forbidden indulgence. During SunnO)))’s performance, the lead singer was encased in a black coffin. Represented as a shard-like abstraction, an ebony form takes centre stage as a mysterious monument of dissolution.”

Banks Violette: SunnO))) / (Repeater) Decay / Coma Mirror, 2006, white cast salt space Steel, hardware, plywood, paint, fibreglass, tinted epoxy, salt, resin. Dimensions variable