LATITUDE: 42° 21' 30" N, LONGITUDE: 71° 03' 37" W

mixed media, 48” h x252” w x 20” d

Latitude: 42° 21' 30" N, Longitude: 71° 03' 37" W is a boat nearly complete but lacking an outer skin. The coordinates place the un-seaworthy vessel in Boston, Silva’s hometown. The structure seems incapable to transport the glass containers arranged from A to Z that surmount it. Each glass pail sports a word signifying confinement. The boat appears to idealize movement so that it will never have to be undertaken. It confirms that the fulfillment of our desires may be what we fear the most.