Victory Hall is an installation I originally presented at Bellwether gallery in the spring of 2005. The installation was comprised of over one hundred wooden rifles, pistols, and sideknives arranged on the wall in a decorative pattern reminiscent of an arms exposition hall. Posed on the floor were a series of five life-size ceramic dolls made in my own image and wearing handsewn uniforms. I created the doll parts at a ceramics atelier in Provence, and worked with a Civil War costume historian to design and sew the uniforms. These "commemorative dolls" are based on obscure citizen soldiers of the American Civil War era, specifically Zouaves and Vivandières.