Every empire requires its spectacle. Every crowd, its cage.
What they came to watch was never the show, it was themselves.
Here, the prisoned figure is also the performer, caught in a ritual where applause is indistinguishable from judgment.
The Menagerie is a mirror dressed as a stage, waiting for the next one.
Menagerie, 2025.
Mixed media collage.
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Edition artwork by miirror based on Killian Moore's CC0 artwork featuring the New York Stock Exchange.