Outfits for Acrobats (Supine Group)
16 drawings in artist-made frames: Colored pencil, marker, and crayon on paper, 8 1/8 x 11 5/8 in. each (unframed)
Outfits for Acrobats, 2016-2019, Analog converted to digital video, 38 sec of 1 hr 13 mins
Somersault (Supine) II, Colored pencil, marker, and crayon on paper, 8 1/8 x 11 5/8 in.
Somersault (Supine) I, 2016, Colored pencil, marker, and crayon on paper, 8 1/8 x 11 5/8 in.
Outfits for Acrobats (Ascent Group)
16 drawings in artist-made frames: Colored pencil, marker, and crayon on paper, 11 5/8 x 8 1/8 in. each (unframed)
Outfits for Acrobats
Installation at Practice Gallery in April 2019
16 drawings in artist-made frames
Using an analog video feedback loop like those employed by TV meteorologists, I designed uniforms for trapeze artists from found footage frozen mid-air. While viewing a monitor before me, I colored a sketch pad which filled the area of the acrobat’s suit on-screen. Their silhouette, made transparent by luma key, became a barrier for my colored pencil despite having no physical connection to it. I imagine that a trapeze artist in flight could spin fast enough that the body would dematerialize, becoming an electromagnetic wave.
Outfits for Acrobats (Somersault Group)
16 drawings in artist-made frames: Colored pencil, marker, and crayon on paper, 8 1/8 x 11 5/8 in. each (unframed)
Outfits for Acrobats (Return Group)
16 drawings in artist-made frames: Colored pencil, marker, and crayon on paper, 11 5/8 x 8 1/8 in. each (unframed)
Return II, 2016, Colored pencil, marker, and crayon on paper, 11 5/8 x 8 1/8 in.
Outfits for Acrobats, Installation at Practice Gallery in April 2019
Outfits for Acrobats, Installation at Practice Gallery in April 2019
Outfits for Acrobats, 2016-2019, Analog converted to digital video, 38 sec of 1 hr 13 mins