A chocolate-covered Easter Bunny watches a Ninja Crash Course rather than the Steven Seagal films promised by the title. Constructed from wood and polystyrene and covered in chocolate, the bunny is a child preparing for the adult world by studying the moves and attitudes of action heroes.
Background
Like the other works in How to Make a Monster, this installation draws on my biography and childhood. I am the bunny, imagining a future in which I might become a hero. In that fantasy, even taking another person's life could be understood as heroic, provided it was done in the name of a supposedly good cause.
The Easter Bunny represents childhood innocence, but also the disturbing ways in which ideas of heroism, violence and masculinity can take shape as we grow up. Its chocolate coating changes with time: it hardens, ages and may eventually melt, exposing the structure beneath.
