ELMO ROCCO, Polymath Boxed Edition
Aluminium print with brushed stainless sides, archival box, paperback book
9 x 11.5 x 1.5 in
2025
Within the Elmo Rocco curio box, the warrior facsimile and polymath, Elmo Rocco, travels through time as a quiet and invisible force of inspiration and invention. He does so in a range of demeanors and milieus: at times somber and even irritable; at other times in a state of exuberant enthusiasm, which can be equally difficult to bear. Inside each boxed set are Elmo Rocco’s captured memories, plucked from the memory palace of his mind, and as so, are uneven in coverage. While his presence in each scenario is often sharply evident, at times it is embedded so deeply in the action that it is hardly perceptible; manifesting itself as each situation requires. With exquisite discretion and determination, Elmo Rocco segues between myriad roles as Artifact, Naturalist, Architect, Merchant, Patriot, Engineer, Mortician, and Jurisprudent.
Photos by Arden Sklar