Julia Scher Mama Bed, 2003
Bedstead, steel, wood, foam, plastic, 2 monitors, 2 surveillance cameras, VHS player, VHS tapes, cables, bed sheets, books, leather whip
Dimensions variable
Mama Bed is one of the three installation works (Mama Bed, Papa Bed and Baby Bed) that date from 2003 and are part of the Surveillance Beds series, which Julia Scher created between 1994 and 2003. Each work consists of four steel poles, a flat surface in the middle and various electronic components: cameras, monitors, microphones and cabling. Specific components of Mama Bed include children fairy tale books (namely Goldilocks and the Three Bears) as well as a leather whip, displayed on top of the bed.
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