I was riding a subway car and in it a guy was trying to breakdance.
I was watching the Viennese New Year's concert, which is really great. But all the dudes in the orchestra looked almost identical. The BBC narrator mentioned that the number of women in the orchestra has gone down from 12 to 7 this year. This is however not this kind of essay..
As the BBC narrator explained Vienna is seeped in tradition, Brahms, etc, the Viennese get their entertainment in the concert hall, at the ballet and other stately and princely establishments.
In New York everyone performs everywhere, especially on the subway. They have the audience there captive at least between two stations.
The NYC Subway Car is one of the most entertaining platforms ever, of course not now but when the city is in full swing getting on the L is an experience.
They're all kinds of cultural styles arising from the street culture of New York City, but the subway culture is a thing of it's own.
Every train line is a subculture, and all New Yorkers know of the trains and their peculiarities, and the crowd that rides in them.
I created several video/performance/animation/installation works based on my experience and observations on the subway called Ingredients of a Subway Car. At one time I planned constructing a subway car and inviting people to paint graffiti on it. I am yet to act on that project.
As it happens I have moved so many times in New York - I have lived on almost all trains and all neighborhoods.
Digital video, 2017
Ingredients of a Subway Car is a series of installations, performance and simulations inspired by the NYC subway and based on a drawing of the same name.
The videos of the performance, simulations and installations were cut into six, six minute long videos named after six different subway lines I lived on in New York city: The L, The R, The 7, The A, The 6 and The 1.
Here pictured is a room sized installation and performance. In a room covered with pen and ink drawings wallpaper and paper sculptures, I work with paint and ink, found objects and food.
Inspired by the NYC subway, where various characters perform various routines, from simple getting from point A to point B - to the theater of the Absurd. There are all kinds of objects, and hands.
A room size installation, and a performance I created over four hours, without a script and working spontaneously with various objects, including paint, ink, food and found objects
1. Strings
2. Brushes and paint
3. Old singing clock
4. Apple peels ( I love apples, usually consume a tall bag of it daily )
5. Spinach
6. Juice
7. Juicer
8. Toy Cars
9. Ball
10. Coins
11. Wood shavings
12. Walmart Flipflops
13. Staple gun
14. Belt
15. Umbrella and many other objects
The installation room and wearables were created over several days using a drawing of the same name, re-arranged and transferred on paper to create a custom wallpaper. The room was created by plastering the walls with that drawing wallpaper, the pants paper sculpture was created by cutting and rearranging drawings on paper
The Wall. Performance and installation with pen and ink drawings, mixed media, room size installation, 2017.
Wall and strings. Performance and installation with pen and ink drawings, mixed media, room size installation, 2017.
Detail of the Wall. Performance and installation with pen and ink drawings, mixed media, room size installation, 2017.
Detail of the Wall. Performance and installation with pen and ink drawings, mixed media, room size installation, 2017.
Detail of the Wall. Performance and installation with pen and ink drawings, mixed media, room size installation, 2017.
Detail of the Wall. Performance and installation with pen and ink drawings, mixed media, room size installation, 2017.
Digital video, 2017
Inspired by the 1 Train of the NYC Subway.
Ingredients of a Subway Car is a series of video, performance, animation, installations inspired by the NYC subway and based on a drawing of the same name.
The videos of the performance, simulations and installations were cut into six, six minute long videos named after six different subway lines I lived on in New York city: The L, The R, The 7, The A, The 6 and The 1.
Here pictured is a room sized installation and performance. In a room covered with pen and ink drawings wallpaper and paper sculptures, I work with paint and ink, found objects and food.
Inspired by the NYC subway, where various characters perform various routines, from simple getting from point A to point B - to the theater of the Absurd. There are all kinds of objects, and hands.
A room size installation, and a performance I created over four hours, without a script and working spontaneously with various objects, including paint, ink, food and found objects
1. Strings
2. Brushes and paint
3. Old singing clock
4. Apple peels ( I love apples, usually consume a tall bag of it daily )
5. Spinach
6. Juice
7. Juicer
8. Toy Cars
9. Ball
10. Coins
11. Wood shavings
12. Walmart Flipflops
13. Staple gun
14. Belt
15. Umbrella and many other objects
The installation room and wearables were created over several days using a drawing of the same name, re-arranged and transferred on paper to create a custom wallpaper. The room was created by plastering the walls with that drawing wallpaper. The pants paper sculpture was created by collaging drawings printed on paper.
Still from the animation and simulation of the same name, based on a pen and ink drawing, also of the same name. The pen and ink drawing was scanned into the computer, and individual elements were animated or made into soft and rigid bodies and the animation/simulation was run in Unity 3D and recorded.
Vader helmet and a Star, ink, paint. Detail from the room size installation and performance of the same name, 2017
Möbius strip and Hand, paint, pieces of a juicer. Detail from the room size installation and performance of the same name, 2017
Vader helmet and a Star, ink and paint. Detail from the room size installation and performance of the same name, 2017
Hand, Dali Egg ( a stolen object ), ink, paint. Detail from the room size installation and performance of the same name, 2017
Dali Egg and Vader, ink, paint. Detail from the room size installation and performance of the same name, 2017
Hands, ink, paint. Detail from the room size installation and performance of the same name, 2017
Digital video, 2017
Ingredients of a Subway Car is a series of installations, performance and simulations inspired by the NYC subway and based on a drawing of the same name.
The videos of the performance, simulations and installations were cut into six, six minute long videos named after six different subway lines I lived on in New York city: The L, The R, The 7, The A, The 6 and The 1.
Old singing clock, paper cuttings, wood shavings, food and miscellaneous other objects. Detail from the room size installation and performance of the same name, 2017
Heterochromia. Safety glasses, paint, paper strips, paint, ink, gloves, on white paper coveralls. Detail from the room size installation and performance of the same name, 2017
The Coveralls. Paper coveralls, safety gloves, belt, cable, brush with paint, paint, ink, on white paper coveralls. Detail from the room size installation and performance of the same name, 2017
Wall, Coveralls and Pink respirator. Paper coveralls, respirator, safety glasses, belt, cable, brush with paint, paint, ink, on white paper coveralls. Detail from the room size installation and performance of the same name, 2017
The Floor. Detail from the room size installation and performance of the same name, 2017
Digital video, 2017
Ingredients of a Subway Car is a series of installations, performance and simulations inspired by the NYC subway and based on a drawing of the same name.
The videos of the performance, simulations and installations were cut into six, six minute long videos named after six different subway lines I lived on in New York city: The L, The R, The 7, The A, The 6 and The 1.
Here pictured is a room sized installation and performance. In a room covered with pen and ink drawings wallpaper and paper sculptures, I work with paint and ink, found objects and food.
Inspired by the NYC subway, where various characters perform various routines, from simple getting from point A to point B - to the theater of the Absurd. There are all kinds of objects, and hands.
A room size installation, and a performance I created over four hours, without a script and working spontaneously with various objects, including paint, ink, food and found objects
1. Strings
2. Brushes and paint
3. Old singing clock
4. Apple peels ( I love apples, usually consume a tall bag of it daily )
5. Spinach
6. Juice
7. Juicer
8. Toy Cars
9. Ball
10. Coins
11. Wood shavings
12. Walmart Flipflops
13. Staple gun
14. Belt
15. Umbrella and many other objects
The installation room and wearables were created over several days using a drawing of the same name, re-arranged and transferred on paper to create a custom wallpaper. The room was created by plastering the walls with that drawing wallpaper, the pants paper sculpture was created by cutting and rearranging drawings on paper
Photograph of an installation at the Hudson Yards Subway station, part of the Ingredients of a Subway Car series of installations.
Photograph of an installation at the Hudson Yards Subway station, part of the Ingredients of a Subway Car series of installations. This installation was the first of the series and was made at the end of 2016.
Digital video, 2017
Ingredients of a Subway Car is a series of installations, performance and simulations inspired by the NYC subway and based on a drawing of the same name.
The videos of the performance, simulations and installations were cut into six, six minute long videos named after six different subway lines I lived on in New York city: The L, The R, The 7, The A, The 6 and The 1.
Here pictured is a room sized installation and performance. In a room covered with pen and ink drawings wallpaper and paper sculptures, I work with paint and ink, found objects and food.
Inspired by the NYC subway, where various characters perform various routines, from simple getting from point A to point B - to the theater of the Absurd. There are all kinds of objects, and hands.
A room size installation, and a performance I created over four hours, without a script and working spontaneously with various objects, including paint, ink, food and found objects
1. Strings
2. Brushes and paint
3. Old singing clock
4. Apple peels ( I love apples, usually consume a tall bag of it daily )
5. Spinach
6. Juice
7. Juicer
8. Toy Cars
9. Ball
10. Coins
11. Wood shavings
12. Walmart Flipflops
13. Staple gun
14. Belt
15. Umbrella and many other objects
The installation room and wearables were created over several days using a drawing of the same name, re-arranged and transferred on paper to create a custom wallpaper. The room was created by plastering the walls with that drawing wallpaper, the pants paper sculpture was created by cutting and rearranging drawings on paper
The Meat Grinder. Meat grinder, paper strips, wood shavings, plastic toy cars. Detail from the room size installation and performance of the same name, 2017
The Meat Grinder and Toy Cars. Meat grinder, paper strips, wood shavings, plastic toy cars, soccer ball. Detail from the room size installation and performance of the same name, 2017
The Staple Gun. Staple gun, paper strips, wood shavings. Detail from the room size installation and performance of the same name, 2017
The Paint Roller. Paint roller, grater, wood shavings, facsimiles of pen and ink drawings. Detail from the room size installation and performance of the same name, 2017
The Old Barometer. Barometer, wood shavings, facsimile of pen and ink drawings. Detail from the room size installation and performance of the same name, 2017
The Knitting Pins. Knitting pins, staple gun, facsimiles of pen and ink drawings, wood shavings. Detail from the room size installation and performance of the same name, 2017
Digital video, 2017
Ingredients of a Subway Car is a series of installations, performance and simulations inspired by the NYC subway and based on a drawing of the same name.
The videos of the performance, simulations and installations were cut into six, six minute long videos named after six different subway lines I lived on in New York city: The L, The R, The 7, The A, The 6 and The 1.
Here pictured is a room sized installation and performance. In a room covered with pen and ink drawings wallpaper and paper sculptures, I work with paint and ink, found objects and food.
Inspired by the NYC subway, where various characters perform various routines, from simple getting from point A to point B - to the theater of the Absurd. There are all kinds of objects, and hands.
A room size installation, and a performance I created over four hours, without a script and working spontaneously with various objects, including paint, ink, food and found objects
1. Strings
2. Brushes and paint
3. Old singing clock
4. Apple peels ( I love apples, usually consume a tall bag of it daily )
5. Spinach
6. Juice
7. Juicer
8. Toy Cars
9. Ball
10. Coins
11. Wood shavings
12. Walmart Flipflops
13. Staple gun
14. Belt
15. Umbrella and many other objects
The installation room and wearables were created over several days using a drawing of the same name, re-arranged and transferred on paper to create a custom wallpaper. The room was created by plastering the walls with that drawing wallpaper, the pants paper sculpture was created by cutting and rearranging drawings on paper
Paper sculpture of pen and ink drawings. Detail from the room size installation before the performance of the same name, 2017
The artist wearing the paper sculpture. Detail from the room size installation before the performance of the same name, 2017
Paper sculpture of pen and ink drawings filled with wood shavings, plastic toys, food; soccer ball, various toys, food, paper cuttings, juicer, knitting pins, picture frame and many other objects. Detail from the room size installation after the performance of the same name, 2017
Paper sculpture of pen and ink drawings filled with wood shavings, plastic toys, food; soccer ball, knitting pins, picture frame and many other objects. Detail from the room size installation after the performance of the same name, 2017
Paper sculpture of pen and ink drawings filled with wood shavings, plastic toys, food; juicer part, drawing, picture frame, papers, paint, ink and other objects stapled to the wall. Detail from the room size installation after the performance of the same name, 2017