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By Sydney Croskery…

PERFORMANCE
There are very common threads that run through these performance works; a desexualisation of the female form employed by the ludicrous and/or repulsive, and a challenge of the notion of high and low art.

The Egg – 2006. 3rd Annual Deitch Art Parade

Since the Egg’s birth in 2006, The Egg has been a guest at such prestigous Events as The Getty Center’s Movement in the Visual Arts and the 2nd and 3rd Annual Deitch Art Parades in New York. The Egg has also appeared in the Comedy world, performing at Josh Fadem’s Acid Reflux Hourin Hollywood, California.
The Egg hopes to become a leading figure in the Art, Comedy and Entertainment Worlds.

WHEEL DRESS
LACE, 2006 with the LA Art Girls

When the LA Art Girls were invited by Lace (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions) to suggest a contemporary read of 60’s Fluxus performance pieces, the Girls decided to perform a Fluxus Fashion Show based on an original Fluxus dresses, such as “Build a dress made enitrlely of envelopes so people can put items in or take items out”.

I built a dress out of wheels, and performed thoughout the gallery by rolling around and spinning. We dressed in 60’s inspired make-up and hair as a nod to the era out of which fluxus was borne.

A beautifully crafted, yet completely uncomfortable dress that obstructs all feminine parts via a box, the Wheel Dress was poking fun at fashion and model society as well as haute couture, all genres that are based solely on money and beauty.

LA Art Girls
Fluxus Fashion Show

From left front: Wheel Dress, Dress made of Plastic, Fire Dress
Next Row: Pescription Dress, Dress for a Klutz, Merkin Dress, Tampon Dress, Letter Dress
Back Row: Upside Down Dress, Newspaper Dress, Glow in the Dark Dress, Tin Foil Dress, Sandpaper Dress, Pregnant Lady Dress, Velcrow Dress, Feather Dress
Photo Credit: Bartholomew Cooke