Torreya Cummings

Contingencies

Something liable to happen as an adjunct to or result of something else. In philosophy and logic, contingency is the status of propositions that are not necessarily true or necessarily false. A future event or circumstance that is possible but cannot be predicted with certainty.



Ich möchte allein sein. (I want to be alone.)/Bitte verlassen Sie mich nicht allein. (Please don't leave me alone.), 2009

paper and marker on park bench, Volkspark Friedrichshain, Berlin. Germany







Part and Parcel, 2009

digital wallpaper print and wheatpaste on underpass, intersection of Potrero & Cesar Chavez, San Francisco, CA







Search and Rescue, 2008

refinished salvaged emergency equipment, leather, bronze











30 Person Tug-O-War, 2007

Trapeze rope, steel, thread











Power Orgy or Clusterfucker, 2009

Functioning battery constructed of aluminum, copper, wiring, salt water, various containers







Multiple Perspective Lenses, 2008

graphite on paper







Multiple Perspective Lenses, 2009

multiple, buttons

(thanks to Snarky McF*ckbuttons)






as yet not known, 2009

oil can spout, sequined garment, trim





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