i participated in the artist’s program Float Creations over at Float HQ on Hawthorne. to learn more about float tanks and the benefits of floating, check out their website.
it was an anti-gravity experience, it felt surreal floating on super-salty water. since the tank can only be so big, i would occasionally drift against the walls of the float tank. i imagined large creatures brushing past on the way to infinity.
This multimedia self portrait was part of The Exquisite Corpse’s Scavenged: Altered Art show October 2010. The idea is that your masterpiece is made from leftover bits and shits that you scavenged from thrift stores, the side of the road, etc. Mostly she is made of found pretty paper, cat cutouts from “Cats of the World”, 3M double stick foam remnants, a crappy poster frame, and awesome gold/silver foil. Some of the collage is on the upper plexiglass, the rest inside on the brown frame-back. I liked that when viewed from different angles, the piece changes depth. The Alice in Wonderland fluorescent-green quote was found at Oregon Country Fair. Yes, there are dangle-y cat arms and legs. Oh, and there are cat face cutouts here.
Alice didn’t think that proved it at all; however, she went on ‘And how do you know that you’re mad?’
‘To begin with,’ said the Cat, ‘a dog’s not mad. You grant that?’
‘I suppose so,’ said Alice.
‘Well, then,’ the Cat went on, ‘you see, a dog growls when it’s angry, and wags its tail when it’s pleased. Now I growl when I’m pleased, and wag my tail when I’m angry. Therefore I’m mad.’
