I wanna be sedated (number two)
Stela Cruickshank
15 December 2003 - 12 January 2004

Originally installed in Christchurch in 2000 by the Oblique Trust, The Kiosk comes under the wing of The Physics Room in 2003. With 24 hour, 7 day a week access, The Kiosk is the hardest working gallery around, providing a venue for contemporary art in the public realm.

Stela Cruickshank’s work for The Kiosk is a reworking of her larger scale installation project ‘I wanna be sedated’ exhibited at Creation gallery in 2003. Collecting and modifying teddy bears and soft toys, Stela gives her scruffy pre-loved creatures a slightly sinister edge with garish red lipstick, “drug me” t-shirt slogans and the added details of genitals and pubic hair! Tightly packed into The Kiosk, these teds are trapped in cubbyholes of scary ’70s institutional decor, awaiting either sedation or escape.