"The Witness"
Vaslui, Romania 1999

In the center of the installation is a spare, rectangular structure made of mud and straw bricks, a traditional Romanian building material. Inside the adobe "home" towers a stark, wooden chair. Above the giant chair hangs a bare, bright lightbulb -- an icon of interrogation. Ursachi's large color photographs hang on the museum walls. There are no people visible in the scenes -- a path leading into the woods, a lamp glowing behind a shuttered window, a view into the depth of a well. In one photo a sensual, pendulous sac, hangs soft and pink in an inky sky -- home-made cheese being prepared.