You make me make you

2008, installation at Triple Base gallery SF

K lo

Klo as Yellow Fever with Kobe Bryan

Misako

Misako was bit by a sting ray while surfing.

Gray water system

3 bath tubs that filter the water one after the other with plants, the water comes from dishes and showers and goes to the vegetable garden.
System de filtrage d'eau, fait de 3 baignoires. les plantes nettoint l'eau qui vient du lavabo et des douches va ensuite dans le jardin

Humanure toilet

Humanure toilets save water. instead of water you can use ash or saw dust or dirt or all of them. Then the humanure can benefit trees.

Gene

Gene dancing in hot pants and shoes, jump roping on the dance floor

Anne


Simon

Simon performing as a billy goat and interacting with real goats.

bicycling a quiet statement against oil wars


David

David sawing the part of the couch that doen't fit on his pick up truck.

Walter

Walter doing math on his computer, with a strong coffee and his cat

Modou


Michael


hydroponic farm


Mike


Courtney




Project description, Description du projet

Mixed media, size varies
In this project, the audience members are invited to become visual anthropologists. What do the portraits of people, ideas and scenes reveal about a sample of local culture and society? In each piece, details based on observation and analysis of the subject simultaneously capture a specific individual or concept as well as a broader lifestyle. As a whole, the growing inventory format of the installation unveils the nature and complexity of a community. The represented people are striking in unusual ways and together reflect cultural diversity and environmental awareness. For example the "Essex hot tub" is an absolutely unique space and stands alone as a micro-culture. The scenes and portraits are made of sewn and glued recycled material. The hand made quality adds another layer of singularity to each element.
Materiaux divers, tailles varies
Dans ce projet, les membres de l'audience sont invites a devenir des antropologistes visuels. Qu'est ce que ces portraits de personnes, d'idees, de scenes nous revellent sur l'echantillon de culture locale? Dans chaque portrait, des details basees sur des observations et analyses capturent simultanement un individu particulier et un mode de vie. Dans l'ensemble, le format d'un inventaire grossissant de l'installation denude la nature et la complexitee d'une communautee. Les personnes representees se demarquent de manieres inabituelles et refletent la diversitee culturelle d'une communautee, ou souvent la conscience environmentale est presente. Par exemple les "thermes Essex" sont une lieu absolument unique de Berkeley, que seule les femmes peuvent acceder, ce jardin naturiste est un havre de libertee ouvert 24h sur 24 au coeur de la ville. Les scenes et portraits sont faits et cousus a base de materiau recycles. Le cote fait-main rajoute un niveau de singularite a chaque element.

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