BUNKER-BED

Phobias: scopophobia (fear of being looked at or watched), sociophobia (fear of meeting someone new), carcerophobia (fear of prison)

A bunk is a bed for two. Two people are bound together by circumstance: they might be in prison, a refugee camp, or anywhere else that a person might not find themself of their own free will. As they say, “Don’t count out a prison cell—a begging bowl may come as well.” Aside from their carceral connotations, the bunks encourage the deep connection that comes from extended eye contact between two people, famously explored by Marina Abramović in The Artist Is Present (МоМА, 2010). The fear of the Other and of others is the reason why people cease to listen to each other—and why wars begin.