2004, "Cause of Arrest: Hockey," for After Art News, One Star Press, Paris

At the finals of hockey season in Clifton, New York, eight adults were arrested for assault and battery. A fight broke out concerning a game on the ice. A tournament among 9 year old children had led to parents fighting it out in the stands. Hockey fights are usually part of the game, inside the rink. They are about the performance of punching and pulling and drops of blood shed for the triumph of winning. Chris Hanson and Hendrika Sonnenberg's new book for one star press is Fruit Bowls and Hockey Fights. In a match up as responsive as Ed Ruscha's Various Small Fires and a Glass of Milk, Hanson and Sonnenberg combine a quiet still life with the rowdy mayhem of sports events. Both the fruit and the fights are caught in suspense. The fruit is captured eternally ripe in installation and the fights are forever frozen in action without a clear winner. The photos share intricate choreographies. The strategic arrangement of plaster fruit pieces is as complex as chance photos of elbows and hockey sticks in action. Hockey season may be over but Hanson and Sonnenberg continue the fight - pitting art and reality, installation and performance, fruit and hockey. one star press is now taking your bets on these matches.