WAX MAY SAVE YOU

"Proof that inadequate, even childish measures, may serve to rescue one from peril.To protect himself from the Sirens Ulysses stopped his ears with wax and had himself bound to the mast of his ship. Naturally any and every traveller before him could have done the same, except those whom the Sirens allured even from a great distance; but it was known to all the world that such things were of no help whatever. The song of the Sirens could pierce through everything, and the longing of those they seduced would have broken far stronger bonds than chains and masts. But Ulysses did not think of that, although he had probably heard of it. He trusted absolutely to his handful of wax and his fathom of chain, and in innocent elation over his little stratagem sailed out to meet the Sirens." Franz Kafka, The Silence of the Sirens 1' x 2'acrylic, paper, glue, ink, printouts on double 1' canvas corresponding videosWAX MAY SAVE YOU 1WAX MAY SAVE YOU 2 *squeeek* is a project featuring short stop-motion