The Ways in Which Things Operate
2009
Commission for the permanent collection of the Spertus Museum, Chicago
Synopsis: You, the story's central character, are being haunted by a ghost in your dreams - possibly a dead relative of yours. Refusing to sleep, you stay awake at night, eating salami sandwiches and reading back-issues of Cat Fancy, but the ghost manages to visit you when you're awake as well. Your search for the identity of the ghost leads to a run-in with Robert De Niro posing as an old-school Jewish mobster in preparation for a movie on Chicago Jewish mobsters, an argument over how a corned beef sandwich should be prepared, an exploration into a familial connection to Lee Harvey Oswald, and various revelations on how the Depression Era generation of your family attempted to make ends meet.
Commission for the permanent collection of the Spertus Museum, Chicago
Synopsis: You, the story's central character, are being haunted by a ghost in your dreams - possibly a dead relative of yours. Refusing to sleep, you stay awake at night, eating salami sandwiches and reading back-issues of Cat Fancy, but the ghost manages to visit you when you're awake as well. Your search for the identity of the ghost leads to a run-in with Robert De Niro posing as an old-school Jewish mobster in preparation for a movie on Chicago Jewish mobsters, an argument over how a corned beef sandwich should be prepared, an exploration into a familial connection to Lee Harvey Oswald, and various revelations on how the Depression Era generation of your family attempted to make ends meet.
