Sinéad's Musings

At the end of a party, there's often the question of how to best leave without making a fuss. Departing without saying goodbye is known as making a “French exit”—something Lithuania-based artist Tadao Cern relates to as a self-proclaimed introvert. “I cannot bear the attention that you get once you say that you have to go. A ping pong game starts in which you say ‘I have to go' and others reply ‘please don't go.” His newest installation French Exit is named after and inspired by this relationship with goodbyes. Quoted from My Modern Met. Cern suspended a field of dried grass...