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Things That Perform: In the World

Things that Perform - In the World

My final piece was inspired by artist Jim Drain. I played with different shades of blue, gray, and white and the piece was designed to move in a fluid like and bouncy motion.

I used chicken wire and rope as the base of this project. I cut 10 cotton T-shirt’s (blue, white, and gray) that I was discarding into 1inch strips and tied them to the wire, forming a layered fringe-like design.

I used two 4ft x 4ft sheets of cardboard to design a platform that could hold my weight of 189lbs. I cut the cardboard into 12in x 12in squares with slits to interlock into one another. I later added triangles into the spaces, which reinforced the platform.

I used five 2x2, planks of wood in 30 degree angles to frame my arms. I added hinges to increase mobility at the elbo. The final rope grips were added to emphasize the grips for the hand and give an industrial aesthetic. I referenced “to hinge,” “to bend,” and “to grip” from Richard Serra’s Verb List Compilation.

Framing the Body - Home Depot as Site

I used five 2x2, planks of wood in 30 degree angles to frame my arms. I added hinges to increase mobility at the elbo. The final rope grips were added to emphasize the grips for the hand and give an industrial aesthetic. I referenced “to hinge,” “to bend,” and “to grip” from Richard Serra’s Verb List Compilation.

Estranged Bodies - Organic

Estranged Bodies - Final Documentation

Cardboard platform successfully withstanding the weight of objects and myself, equaling 189 lbs.

Weight of a Body - Source - I gathered industrial objects from the FIU art studio that all together were equivalent to my body weight of 189 lbs. I proceeded to form a “chair-like” structure to hold my body weight.

I covered my brain and spine with magazine clippings of pictures and words that I felt pertained to how human beings think, whether positive or negative.

The body part I chose for this project was the brain and spinal cord, which ended up developing into a tail and other extensions. I used chicken wire as the skeleton and wrapped it with paper bags using glue.

Hew Locke Estranged Bodies - Skin of things

Ernesto Neto

Jim Drain