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Michelle C Jaffe

  • United States (b. 1958 in Melbourne, florida)
  • Currently in New York, United States.
  • I create immersive participatory installations that interweave sculpture, sound & video. These environments initiate a fecund opportunity to explore the mythos of the collective, gender politics, & how individual psychology & pathology impact society.

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Wappen Field Sound Installation

Wappen Field Sound Installation

  • 2013
  • Information and objects are obstructed. Physical & psychic space is guarded, unless the edge is pierced, allowing foreign bodies and ideas to flood in. The boundary of armor asks the question: what is shut in, what is shut out?
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    Wappen Field Sound Installation | 2011 - 2015

Wappen Field is a sculpture and sound installation comprised of 12 chrome plated steel helmets resembling face guards. Each helmet’s dedicated speaker transforms the sculptural installation into an immersive audio environment.


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