So, as it becomes an increasingly relevant bit of my life, I'm going to take a second to talk about my videos and performances. Video and performance are the primary media I work in these days. It's where I arrived after years of drawing and sculpting and painting. I use low-pixel quality and film to reference the remote sex work industry, which has had a significant impact on the work I make. Within video art, there are two types of video that I make:
Video performances: video documentations of live performances.
Video art pieces: videos that are intended as the final product. (not films)
The videos I make are sometimes humorous and often off-putting, compositionally lovely, political, and strange. For the most part, explore issues of gender, sex, class, race, sexuality, and vulnerability. Here are stills and brief descriptions of some of the videos I have made over the passed three years.
You Are My Milk, video performance/ceramic sculpture, May 2010
It's Almost Like Falling Down the Stairs, video art, October 2011
Sea of Love, video art/ceramic sculpture, May 2010
Calico, video art/documentary/ceramic sculpture, 2009
I Hate A Man Like You, video performance, September 2010
I Hate The Snow Every Time Except For When We're Dancing, video art, October 2010
40 thousand nudie pics for Sallie Mae, photo documentation of performance, Dec 2010-present
There was a time when I considered posting the videos online, but at this point it's not going to happen. I have about 50 videos right now, and I'm only getting started. Maybe some day I'll post excerpts...but for now, use your imagination.
And for you in-real-life friends, if anyone ever wants to lend me their body for a video, I'll make you yummy treats and serenade you with delicious accordion music.
Happy Chinese New Year! Now off to make dumplings...
Lou