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Reflect

As an artist, I am privileged to use art as my voice.

While traveling around the country interviewing people who were suffering from drug addiction, I realized how little “voice” they have.

This installation serves to correct that.

Each person I interviewed had the opportunity to write a special message on a note card. It could be a message to someone they loved or to the members of the general public who would someday experience my art.

This installation serves to correct that.

Each person I interviewed had the opportunity to write a special message on a note card. It could be a message to someone they loved or to the members of the general public who would someday experience my art.

Testimonies of addicts written on index cards from "Reflect" by Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg

To present their messages, I felt it was only fitting to create small, private spaces and what could be more private than a bathroom segment. Here you will gain access into their lives. Just don’t peek into the medicine cabinets…

To present their messages, I felt it was only fitting to create small, private spaces and what could be more private than a bathroom segment. Here you will gain access into their lives. Just don’t peek into the medicine cabinets…

Testimonies of addicts written on index cards from "Reflect" by Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg