8pm, 2021Vinyl banners
75 x 300 cm
8pm consists of two vinyl banners bearing a phrase taken from a fortune cookie. The text marks the artist’s coming out to his parents, performed precisely on the day and at the hour indicated. Examining how an everyday object can acquire existential and performative weight, the work shows the capacity of language to mark thresholds in experience. By suspending the interplay between chance and necessity, the banners highlight the delicate space where private life opens to public encounter and the fleeting instant becomes a pivotal event.