Upson’s practice is rooted in the question of contamination, unearthing the space between the self and the other, the indeterminable zone of “both.”

By investigating the domestic environment, Upson presents the wealth of emotional material that a familiar object or space can contain; we leak all over our things, and they, in turn, leak their thingness back onto us. The intimate and mundane objects of the American household become bodily, uncanny, and multiple.

In the publication Upson presents a log-book that follows the process and ephemera of the Pepsi can’s production, layered and juxtaposed with the manuscript of Upson’s mother’s autobiography, which describes her life in East Germany and her journey to the United States.

This catalogue is published on the occasion of Kaari Upson’s exhibition, My Mother Drinks Pepsi, NOVEMBER 22, 2016 – JANUARY 14, 2017 at Sprüth Magers Galerie, Berlin