The jarring force of a pun comes from a collision— the decisive utterance of the speaker clamps upon an instance of etymological fate. In Y-shaped why, an agonised exclamation plays off the agony of a pun, ghostlike grace of a higher appeal against the cancerous (and self-inflicted) guarantee of a vial of smokers phlegm. This pivot-join peels the blunt irony of a pun: a jilt at personal agency.
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Soldered brass, cast resin, epoxy clay, found objects, lentils, vial of the artist's smoker phlegm.
The jarring force of a pun comes from a collision— the decisive utterance of the speaker clamps upon an instance of etymological fate. In Y-shaped why, an agonised exclamation plays off the agony of a pun, ghostlike grace of a higher appeal against the cancerous (and self-inflicted) guarantee of a vial of smokers phlegm. This pivot-join peels the blunt irony of a pun: a jilt at personal agency.
