If you can see me, I can feel you, 2024
american western cedar, media player, trail cam footage, water trough, drought, a sturdy branch, fox, deer, coon, bird, insect
37 x 38 1/2 x 25 in
The cedar fence in Mac Benson’s installation obscures the video behind it, both obstructing our view and beckoning us closer to the flickers of movement between the fence posts. The blocking suggests wanting to look is illicit, not allowed, we must improvise, bend ourselves and the rules for a peek.
— Maggie Mitts