After creating "Consequence of Self Indulgence," I had a large amount of material that was loose but still tangled up and really unusable. I took the tulle canopy from "Consequence of Self-Indulgence" and created two large slugs. I treated the inside of the slug as an under painting and went back and detailed each one with puffy paint, zip ties and pom pom balls. The form came from looking at images of Leopard Slugs mating, each slug has both female and male genitalia. When they mate, they are impregnating each other simultaneously, the partnership is equal, neither one dominating the other. The phallic form represents the penis and the glowing orifice, the vagina. I added flickering lights, el wire and moon lights to imitate orgasm. Watch the video to get the full effect!
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Saturday, May 12, 2012
LOVE SLUGS
Labels:
art and technology,
fiber arts,
led art,
light art,
new media,
sculpture,
textile
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Sausage Drag
"Sausage Drag"
I stuffed pantyhose with Polyfil and spray painted the tips with fluorescent pink. I then added tinsel to the pink tips and capped them with a spotted pantyhose. I used hand dyed yarn to give the tubes "camel toes." They are hung from a metal ring that has been wrapped in yarn.
I was thinking about Drag Queens after watching RuPaul's Drag Race. I began thinking about the body as a simple form that is gendered by decoration and ornamentation. The phallic forms are created by materials that are designated to women: yarn, pantyhose and tinsel. I used the decoration and material to gender the original masculine form.
Labels:
contemporary art,
drag queens,
fabric,
feminist,
fiber arts,
funny art,
gender,
humor,
pantyhose,
sculpture,
soft form,
textile
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