“Shake”
Richard Harding
19 Aug → 3 Sept 2005

“You construct intricate rituals that allow you to touch the skin of other men.” — Barbara Kruger, 1982

As a physical and psychological space that intersects sameness and difference with gender and sexuality, the handshake offers a range of possibilities and interpretations.

Richard Harding’s work Shake uses a mixture of visuals that present male greetings and architecture to play with signals. What does this initial contact mean to the participants and what is it saying to the observer?