Bloomsday
An annual celebration of James Joyce's Ulysses every June 16, the single day over which the novel takes place. Its 18 episodes correspond to Homer's Odyssey.
Presented at Knockdown Center, June 16, 2015
Sorry Archive's installation reflects Episode Five, "The Lotus Eaters," a chapter full of heady fragrances, looping introspection, and veiled inaction. The letters INRI form "Iron Nails Ran In," Bloom's personal mnemonic for the words inscribed on Christ's cross by Pontius Pilate.