BAILOUT

Masks give us the option to hide truth, identity and even intent, while shielding. A catcher’s mask protects the ball player. Beyond baseball, man needs protection in the game of life, the everyday and today.

From infancy to old age, men and women are mistreated, living defenseless. Two video screens show multiple pairs of vulnerable eyes: a rotating look of different people -- the universal evidence of their insecurity -- of people who feel unprotected in global despair.

The progress brought on by the era of digitalization, notwithstanding the digital divide, has minimized physical contact, the eye to eye image essential to feel a being, the other. At the same time, and more than often, men of power play ball on their terms. One never knows where the ball is coming from, regardless of well-known signals, as one stands, always late -- within the metaphor-- up to bat.

But the underdog, you, will never make it to the plate, nor the big leagues. A thousand measures —i.e. The War on Terror, Wall Street Bailout… Yet, you do not have the right to reflect on game rules which engage you though you are not allowed to play. You are only an observer, a victim with an alternative of sorts: To put on a mask of protection for the startling, for the unexpected.

You are not part of the pitcher/catcher tandem, nor are you up to bat.