EAT ME
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For five days my artistic practice relocated to the Mackenzie Hall Gallery. As a space for continued investment in my studio research the modular white cube I have created hosted a shifting, contingent occupation.
Framing and highlighting three projects, this installation changed each day.
Framing and highlighting three projects, this installation changed each day.
Day 1: Tattoo Parlour
Fully prepared to re-inscribe my manifesto tattoo design, while also offering others the opportunity to participate, my day in the cube centred primarily around conversation. Visitors were invited into the cube and offered entry into the tattoo project through cake and candid discussion
Day 2: MUSE
On this day the cube was set up to continue my MUSE campaign, with the opportunity to meet in-person any candidates who have responded thus far. To keep busy between visits I folded pop can planes for the last phase of the 1000 Paper Planes campaign.
I met two people who had found the planes, and also discussed the project with other visitors to the cube. MUSE respondents received a receipt of their initial inspiration contribution, and anyone who stopped by had the chance to consume the EAT ME cube in gingerbread cookie form.
By the end of the day I had folded 104 new planes.
I met two people who had found the planes, and also discussed the project with other visitors to the cube. MUSE respondents received a receipt of their initial inspiration contribution, and anyone who stopped by had the chance to consume the EAT ME cube in gingerbread cookie form.
By the end of the day I had folded 104 new planes.
Day 3: Tower of Babel
In the cube this day I worked on my ongoing Catechism transcription: Tower of Babel, with the potential of finally reaching completion. The skylight of the cube created a beautiful workspace for the chalkboard and despite the background noise of people in the hall it was easy to fall into the flow of writing. I was prepared for completion with a set of glass jars to collect the accumulated chalk dust. A pile of powdery Mexican wedding cookies also allowed visitors to partake in the experience.
Starting at 10am I completed from 2800 to 2836 in good time, but there are still a couple of pages remaining. To be so close to finishing leaves me both impatient and reluctant to reach the end, for behind the satisfaction of completion the precedent and potential of destruction and fragmentation lurks.
The Tower of Babel was left incomplete this day not due to an avoidance of the bittersweet ending, but rather the practical and circumstantial realities of my time in the cube. Visitors to the cube, including a belated MUSE candidate, provided welcome breaks from the writing and so the process of transcription is left to be continued.
Starting at 10am I completed from 2800 to 2836 in good time, but there are still a couple of pages remaining. To be so close to finishing leaves me both impatient and reluctant to reach the end, for behind the satisfaction of completion the precedent and potential of destruction and fragmentation lurks.
The Tower of Babel was left incomplete this day not due to an avoidance of the bittersweet ending, but rather the practical and circumstantial realities of my time in the cube. Visitors to the cube, including a belated MUSE candidate, provided welcome breaks from the writing and so the process of transcription is left to be continued.
Day 4: the thesis defense
On this day the cube stood empty except for the sweet reminders of the week's activities. The conversations and art/work which activated the cube these past three days culminated in a thorough discussion, and in the end the cube passed inspection.
Thank you to all who made this exhibition a success: my thesis committee, classmates, muses, friends and family. From construction to completion your generous support has carried me through.
Thank you to all who made this exhibition a success: my thesis committee, classmates, muses, friends and family. From construction to completion your generous support has carried me through.
Day 5: moving on
After a week of preparation, discussion, examination and celebration the time has come to move on. Taking down this installation is as much a performance as the daily occupation within the space, as the cube is disassembled and then transformed into crates.
