“One of Navarro’s earlier works, “You Sit, You Die,” is a lounge chair built from white fluorescent lights (shown above). ‘This is my version of the electric chair,’ the artist explains. Electricity was one of the tools of torture preferred by the Chilean government, but the piece also has local currency. On the paper seat, he has written the names of every individual executed in Florida by electric chair, to bear witness to the state’s record on capital punishment. Then he delivers an extra jolt — the joints are fastened with shoelaces, an item confiscated from prisoners to prevent them from hanging themselves.” [quoted from the New York Times Article, Shock Tactics ]

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