Pernot Hudson: Soft Bigotry for A Mercy Killing (In Two Preludes) November 29, 2010

Pernot Hudson's exhibition, titled 'soft bigotry for a mercy killing (in two preludes),' is a multi-media exploration of the possibilities and impossibilities of perceptual accountability. Conceived of as a factual recounting and reaction to past events, 'soft bigotry for a mercy killing' demonstrates the difficulty in separating fact and one's emotional attachment. In the artist's written document of this character's recounting, it is clear that a traumatic event has taken place, but the reader is unable to define what has actually occurred. This presentation defies a strictly linear documentation of events or understanding as it is still unclear as to the extent to which what is displayed is a personal documentation of current happenings as understood, hence an historical account, or means by which one attempts to reenact for the sake of understanding. The distancing language and academic vocabulary point to a striking vulnerability that is at the heart of these works.