Wishful Thinking explores the affectual embodiment and disembodiment of
Hope, of tossing the coin and making a wish. Curious to understand the
slippage of hopefulness and hopelessness, Siahne walked around New York for
three months making wishes, the only rule being it had to be connected to a
body of water; the entry point to wishful thinking. Next thing Siahne knew, Hope
was everywhere they looked. Comprised of a series of painted sculptures and
video documentation of wish-making, Siahne tries to ask the question of what it
means to enact hopefulness in a world where there is very little left to have.
Tossing the coin over and over, Siahne is still waiting for their wishes.

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