domesticated enclosure

“Hejduk’s investigation into the supposed monsters, dinosaurs, and ghosts that are held behind walls coupled with people’s need to know that they are safe on the side they are on became the foundation for his latest project, Domesticated Enclosure. The project, that cleverly utilises the well-known story of Jurassic Park, physically confronts its audience with a similar walled enclosure in the centre of a living room.
Through the use of storytelling and a hint of humour the installation asks its audience to consider if the purpose of a wall is to protect them from the apparent monsters on the other side, or, if the wall actually provokes these monsters into an exaggerated existence? The importance of this project lies in the realisation of the fact that deep down, as humans, we want to feel safe, we want to be told by trusted media, journalists, or the physical erection of a wall, that we are in the right place. The project presented at last year’s Dutch Design week and the Gerrit Rietveld Academy graduation show, ultimately informs its audience about the “physical, virtual, social, geographical and political walls that are rising more and more around the globe.” Emma Singleton for DAMN Magazine°75 /Winter 2020

“Jonas Hejduk (the Domesticated Enclosure) inverts the concepts of the prison. The mysterious enemy is enclosed; we are kept safe from it. But its threat seeps out over the fence, through the viewing windows and infects us with its fear. We are mesmerized by the enclosure. Will it hold? Who is the prisoner ? We can wall in our fears, but in doing so do we risk becoming defined by them?” 
Dr Pedro Ramos Pinto (University of Cambridge) for IN/Search RE/Search by Gabrielle Kennedy pp.126-127