Ghost, phantom, illusion, petit objet a:
Emanuel Licha's works thrives with the ironic; installations of houses with no entrance, transparent homes and barriers. His works are preformative, incorporating the act of storytelling with investigation. His viewers compete the work, becoming apart of the installation: they become Licha's ghosts, floating aimlessly in contrived spaces. It would not be unusual to enter one of Licha's spaces and view Victorian wallpaper of war, death and execution. To be made aware of destruction through his said "ignorance" to it. The real and the unreal merge to build an atmosphere where the viewer becomes trapped: a ghost behind walls, peering at others below.
Nous habitons des cabanes cadenassées du dedans comme le tombeau des pòetes et celui des momies.
We live in huts, locked from within like the tombs of poets and mummies (Cauquelin 75).
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