Galleria Federico Vavassori | Bill Hayden, café Uranus

Bill Hayden
café Uranus
May 4 - 31, 2023

Bill Hayden
café Uranus, 2023
Installation view, Galleria Federico Vavassori

Bill Hayden
Boots with Fur, 2022-23
Ink on paper
23.8 x 31.2 cm (unframed); 47.2 x 45.6 cm (framed)

Bill Hayden
café Uranus, 2023
Installation view, Galleria Federico Vavassori

Bill Hayden
Model, 2022
Ink on paper
30.4 x 41 (unframed); 51.6 x 62.2 cm (framed)
"People lived in trees and were eaten by snakes"

Bill Hayden
café Uranus, 2023
Installation view, Galleria Federico Vavassori

Bill Hayden
Na'vi Evolutions, 2023
ink on paper
46.3 x 32.8 cm (unframed); 71.5 x 57 cm (framed)
"Place the spice under your tongue to stop the ear ringing"

Bill Hayden
café Uranus, 2023
Installation view, Galleria Federico Vavassori

Bill Hayden
Structure, 2022-23
Ink on paper
38 x 60.8 cm (unframed); 61.4 x 84.2 cm (framed)

Bill Hayden
café Uranus, 2023
Installation view, Galleria Federico Vavassori

Bill Hayden
Doggie, 2023
Ink on paper
41.9 x 30.5 cm (unframed); 65.3 x 53.9 cm (framed)

Bill Hayden
café Uranus, 2023
Installation view, Galleria Federico Vavassori

Bill Hayden
Room, 2023
Ink on paper
21.6 x 29.8 cm (unframed)
42.2 x 50.4 cm (framed)
"Go out for a cigarette?"

BILL HAYDEN

MAY 4 - 31, 2023

The flight from New York to Europe was an unwelcome reminder that time and possibility are an impossible tangle. Having put that notion behind me, I sit at a cafe; one that I slowly come to understand is designed to suck the savings out of tourists. I permit myself to imagine some future in which burning a plastic table for heat is reality and simultaneously commend my sacrifice of yet another precious opportunity for personal growth to the satisfaction of necessity. In this moment of weakness, a bug flies into my open mouth. It ricochets off the back of my throat causing a choking sensation. I inadvertently swallow it. Gagging at the thought of all the organisms living in the pest’s ass, I rush to the toilet and force myself to vomit in the sink. Composing myself, I discover the soap here is good quality. However, I am sweaty, very sweaty in fact. The sheets are damp.