Kristin Anderson
July 29, 2009
One angel conveniently turns her back towards her crushed sister, demurely playing the expected role to the same forces that could destroy her too.
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One angel conveniently turns her back towards her crushed sister, demurely playing the expected role to the same forces that could destroy her too.
Monstrous Feminine in Mexico is a performance that took place in Mexico in June 2009, at the Coba Mayan jungle ruins and in Kokay (which means “fireflies” in Mayan language) in place called the Xpu Ha Jungle. I created a hand sewn, hand-dyed costume using WWII fabric straps/bandages and gold and silver chains, as a [...]
WOMAN – MAN – The images in this series affirm the time – sequence of relationship cycles, creating awareness of the multi-faceted roles of women.
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BLU, 2009
Video: 1:10min
Words of desire spin in a demanding hypnotic loop.
http://www.zoechan.com/sculpture/video
“Language is a skin: I rub my language against the other. It is as if I had words instead of fingers, or fingers at the tip of my words. My language trembles with desire. The emotion derives from a double contact: on the one had, [...]
The merging of all three “Suz”, Sue, Su, and Sioux (representative of three alter-egos symptomatic of the polarizing impacts of race and identity politics) into a single entity is an attempt to re-define the self, using tactics familiar to how commercial and corporate industries re- brand themselves or form a new authentic identity. The Suz, [...]
Detail of ‘Childhood ‘memory station’ in Secret Museum of Mankind Installation
This piece was part of the installation Secret Museum Of Mankind where I created my own Natural History Museum, which included different ‘memory stations’: that represented my genetic past, childhood and future.
Polyphony “Polyphony”, staged in an abandoned theatre, traces the path of a performer endlessly traversing on and off the stage. Her “act” consists solely of an encore, and her song is in fact a rising high-pitched scream. A call to arms, as the flowers thrown in admiration seem to rise up in [...]
Once Upon is an installation that contemporizes fairy tales and myths. Its purpose is to ask the question, do we still believe in the mythical ideal woman? Is she a damsel in distress? A mythical creature? A witch? Is her purpose pleasing her husband and bearing children? The sculptures of women I created represent individual [...]
There are two elements to Initiation – the drawing/painting and the handmade object. In both I weave together parts of myself with parts of an animal. The idea of seams is important in my work. My intent is to create an image for the viewer to wonder over. For example, is [...]