Artist Statement
If a car breaks down, naturally, you’d want to get it moving again by any means necessary – pushing it, getting a jumpstart from someone else, or any other litany of solutions. But what if that car is out of gas, out of oil, has deflated tires, catastrophic rust, faulty brakes, and would only degrade further if you pushed it forward? What if it’s in dire need of repairs – not just a temporary field repair, but a full reassembly in a shop? What matters more at that point – getting to the destination, or repairing the car so that it doesn’t completely and irreparably break down?
In this series, you aren’t looking at Noah Altman, but Ben Katzman. Ben Katzman is a sensitive, neurotic, and eclectic young man who can barely get out of bed and brush his teeth in the morning. Ben is completely out of gas, yet he has to keep going, unable to answer why.