Pepón Osorio’s provocative installation transformed MOCA's Project Gallery into a Family Courtroom. Trials and Turbulence culminates Osorio’s three-year Artist-in-Residence at the Philadelphia Department of Human Services (DHS) . Osorio’s exploration of the DHS takes the form of a Family Courtroom, where a young adult confronts the judge who placed her in the foster care system. Using mixed-media and video projection, the work became hyper-real in an effort to portray the delicate balance between private life and public policy.
Read more on the exhibition introduction panel.
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