Unnumbered, signed by the artist. Artist book. Four-page booklet with screen printed anaglyph (red/blue 3D effect) images of methods of execution. Text on back cover about capital punishment in the US changing from a public spectacle to a hidden ritual; it is partially hidden by a paper pouch containing 3D glasses. The title foregrounds the pun on spectacles qua scenes of execution and spectacles qua 3-D glasses. "The 'mere extinguishment of life' is a chillingly blasé description used in a Supreme Court case regarding capital punishment being cruel and unusual. I've been reading a lot lately about the history of capital punishment in the US, public executions, and the horrifying percentage of botched executions. ... Something I don't think or talk about often for a number of reasons, is that I have a former friend currently on death row. His crimes were heinous and unforgivable, however I also remember him as a human being capable of kindness. When I was in what I recognize now as an abusive relationship, he was the first person to talk to me about it and encourage me to leave a potentially dangerous situation. Less than 10 years later, he murdered two people with one attempted murder. Neither action cancels or redeems the other, they are separate facts that just exist." -- Artist comment supplied by vendor (from Instagram).
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