Jen Catron and Paul Outlaw
Soothing Desk Fountain I (The Last Meal for the Movement of the Restoration of Ten Commandments of God)
2018
ceramics and mixed media
15 x 14 x 13.5 inches (38 x 35.5 x 34 cm)

This "soothing desk fountain" alludes to the last meal of the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God, a cult that led to the deaths (suicide and murder) of 924 of the cult's members and non-members. The night before the tragedy, a huge and festive party of slaughtered cows and sodas served as their last meal. The desk fountain, traditionally used as a tool for relaxation, is paired with this contradictory tragedy.