LIKE OUT OF WATER
pt1: for ARTRAGEOUS at TROPICANA'S HAVANA ROOM, LAS VEGAS, NV 2015
curated by Brian Paco Alvarez
pt2: for JOSHUA TREENIAL at ART QUEEN, JOSHUA TREE, CA 2015
curated by Bernard Leibov & Koan Jeff Baysa
photos by Krystal Ramirez, Mikayla Whitmore and Natasha Peterson
Additionally, Gustof Gustofson tried on the mer-panties momentarily
during post-performance brunch at BOXO Projects (photos included).
video by Chris Bell
pt2
Raw Performance:
Up curtain
Dressed as mermaid
Big hair
Burlesque (song?)
Mirrors
Big dicks to impregnate self
Spray semen (mechanisms)
Big knife
Cut off tail and make sushi
Black stockings against black backdrop
Skeleton tail/backbone
Spray blood (mechanisms)
Eat sushi self/flesh
Bigger and bigger stomach
Give birth to octopus/leviathan (pump mechanisms)
Strip off woman-ness
Apply sailor-ness
Crucify self on anchor/cross
Start religion (throw wafers)
Smoke (smoke machine)
Anchor lowered while leviathan monster remains
Drop curtain (total running time: 10-15min?)
-Aaron Sheppard first description communicated to curators, Bernard Leibov & KJ Baysa, re Joshua Treenial