This piece, built for Gosia Koscielak gallery in Chicago, consists of a birdcage from my childhood, shredded litter, red, white anb blue lights, a copy of the Chicago Reader about terror in the skies, and a small LCD display placed upon the perch in the cage.

On that perch is a set of vital signs that approximate those of a canary's heartbeat (900), respiration and temperature. This display is a proxy-sign for the canary, who, terrified from the mass hysteria about threats from flying, has vacated her cage and is hiding in some unspecified location.

The piece reacts to light and temperature in the room. amd is a metaphor for global anxieties regarding the terror-stricken 2000's.