The Death Chair Confessions

Devolution Magazine

2009-01-09T04:36:00.000-08:00

A piece about the Death Chair Confessions is featured in the latest issue of Devolution Magazine.

Many thanks to Nickie Hobbs (Editor of Devolution Mag) for her support.

Low-fi raw data

2008-11-15T06:38:00.001-08:00

Low-fi data, originally uploaded by Digital Data Corruption.

Low-fi raw data

2008-11-15T06:37:00.001-08:00

Low-fi raw data, originally uploaded by Digital Data Corruption.

Low-fi raw data

2008-11-15T06:33:00.001-08:00

Low-fi data, originally uploaded by Digital Data Corruption.

Raw Still - Closure

2008-11-15T04:33:00.001-08:00

Death Chair Confessions, originally uploaded by Digital Data Corruption.

Raw Still- Lip biting

2008-11-15T04:25:00.001-08:00

Death Chair Confessions
Originally uploaded by Digital Data Corruption

Raw still

2008-11-09T09:34:00.001-08:00

Death Chair Confessions
Originally uploaded by Digital Data Corruption

Raw still

2008-11-09T09:33:00.001-08:00

Death Chair Confessions
Originally uploaded by Digital Data Corruption

A poem

2008-10-06T15:30:00.000-07:00

Today someone sent me a poem written in response to The Death Chair Confessions.
I'm incredibly moved and at a loss for words....

It’s just you and I in this eerie silence,
sick curiosity, slight resent.
Dare I move a little closer to you,
or sit staring with contempt.
Your posture strong yet arrogant,
and leather chains to bind.
A crown without the thorns you bare,
to place on a delirious mind.
What secrets do you hold within,
tales of evil, sorrow, regret.
Of many man who confessed their sin,
and in turn paid their debt.
How many prayed to heavens high,
forgiveness, pleas and song.
And how many prayed their innocence,
when the verdict served them wrong.
But I will not place myself upon your lap,
when you search for stories new.
For my closet bares no skeletons,
so neither friend nor foe are you.

-M.Hardy

Subject 13- Still images

2008-09-27T11:52:00.000-07:00

Before-

After-

More still images can be viewed by following the Photo Gallery of Subjects link (located in the right hand column)

Video Blog: The Beginnings of The Death Chair Confessions

2008-09-26T03:53:00.000-07:00

First ever video blog: A little background information into the art project The Death Chair Confessions and how the whole idea was conceived.

You can read more about the experience here:
First video blog and behind The Death Chair Confessions

'The Death Chair Confessions' trailer

2008-09-26T02:34:00.000-07:00

A short preview-

About The Death Chair Confessions

2008-09-26T02:15:00.000-07:00

For many years, an electric chair has stood in a corner of my room. It has often been the focus of attention for those who have visited my home and there have been many who have asked to sit/be photographed in it. I always refused these requests… that is until now.
I understood the curiosity that surrounded the chair but I often wondered why someone would really want to sit in it. After all this is not an ordinary piece of furniture, not pretty to look at nor built for comfort, it is nothing more than a killing machine.

A cruel INSTRUMENT OF DEATH.

It made me wonder what would happen if I allowed others to sit in the chair, placed a video camera in front of them, pressed the record button and began by saying

“If this scenario were real, you would be seated in a chair like this and your life would be about to end. SO with that in mind…”

This is how the Death Chair Confessions began on the first day of 08.08