Dichotomy

preparation for filming THANK YOU @beejoi for making me look like the other head 

 I don’t think this one will make it into the next manifestation. 

Footage playing with my plaster head. 

We won't make the final manifestation for the next showing on November 13th for !HOTMESS! https://elasticarts.org/events/hot-mess-2 but really looking forward to continuing the development of the costume afterwards. THANK YOU JANINE for your support!! 

more experiments 

sketching in situ  reflection upon reflection

Try other camera angles- less ceiling more floor - although the empty space does add a strange tension  

Plaster cast or death mask. Small experiments with self and object.  How to move your head. how to hold yourself as object.

 : Superman on arm of the couch  : Going upstairs on all fours like a dog.  : Holding both doorknobs, using them as a partner to move with  : Hanging upside down on a couch  : climbing on kitchen counter like  : a cat  : squatting more, reaching more,  : hanging over a picnic table and tractioning the spine  : part cat, part bear. and excited by the prompt to refresh relationship to this space I’m spending so much time in  : using the pelvic list to go down the stairs  : Giving your weight to the trees : crawling under table with 2 - 3 - 4 contacts  : Deep squatting with back against a wall  : Hanging bar in back yard, Lifting rocks, tree for hanging, balance beam walking, stairs  : trying to tickle a hummingbird  : tug of war with the dog : picking up pine cones  : pelvic list on stairs, walking up and down stairs in many different ways on all fours : Various squating at the toilet :) :archcontexture : crawlup door jam into handstand : It was a great reminder to see our homes like children again!

Within the process there are always these moments of perception shift- however small. They are difficult to predict. Find them, freeze them play with the tiny nuances of those moments.

Making an extra head.

Making the first head form. Thank you to Florian Huber, Irene Bisang and Chrysa Chouliara

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The drawings of Santiago Ramôn y Cajal, a Spanish physician, pathologist and ultimately neuroscientist

Research on the brain and nervous system

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