To Condense
August 4, 2009
Ziploc bag containing remnants of happening / class project.
Recently whilst digging through old boxes in the studio i came across this Ziploc bag. At first i was going to throw it out, after all it wasn’t immediately apparent what it was inside. As it turns out it contains about 10 – 15 pieces of chewing gum, masticated by 10 – 15 different people and their drawings on post it notes. Still wondering why i didn’t pitch it?
These items are the remnants of a happening / project I produced while at SIUC. I was taking Susan Felleman’s class Freudian Cinema. The idea of my piece was to create a colelctive “physical manifestation of a dream.” Basically a web that suspended drawing produced by members of the class. Each drawing (segment of the dream) was stuck to the web using chewing gum. I thought the act of chewing gum and applying it to the web was in line (HA! pun!) with Freud’s oral fascinations.
Instructions given to the class for a larger version click here:
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