Tear Jerker reimagines the Cocytus River as a strange, twisted bathhouse. It’s a muffled wail of grief and aloneness; of pain and suffering roiling away, under the surface, out of view, held at bay by doom-scrolling and dissociative ceiling-staring, rearing its head in private therapy rooms or ugly crying while trying to brush your teeth in the shower. Tear Jerker tries to entangle you in an eternal karaoke video; you slosh about, chased by dolphins and earworms while dry retching at the congealed, soapy hair clump staring out at you from the abyss. Just relax and cry; things won’t be fine, fine, fine. Works developed during this residency with PICA will be exhibited as PS Art Space through a partnership with Cool Change Contemporary from July-September 2024.