The Next Great American Pop Icon Will Spring Fully Formed From the Head of Zeus
C33 Gallery, October 30 - November 14, 2014
THE NEXT GREAT AMERICAN POP ICON WILL SPRING FULLY FORMED FROM THE HEAD OF ZEUS was a durational, sculptural performance through which I developed the character of Elektra Day, a fictional pop star inspired by both the pantheon of popular music icons and the tragedies of classical Greece. (The biography and creative output of this character would go on to be the basis of the multimedia project Elektra Day - Last Nights.) I spent hours in the gallery each day, improvising elements of the character: how she dresses, does her hair, paints her face, carries her body, speaks, sings, dances, poses, writes, breathes, thinks. This performative sketching process was also constantly filmed and reviewed as I manipulated myself as live sculpture, using costume, set, prop, makeup, movement, and sound. Images by Sid Branca, BJ Allen, and Julia Dratel.