
On June 8th, 2016, I performed in Raggedy Ann to Real Doll, an installation in the storefront window of Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions.

How do we negotiate our idea of personal identity in an ever-shifting landscape of technologies that can drastically alter and re-map the body? In Raggedy Ann to Real Doll, I dissected what is just beneath the surface of Southern California body culture and our collective preoccupation with physical perfection. Transforming the storefront window of LACE into an operating theatre, I performed experimental cosmetic procedures. Viewers were encouraged to use protective binoculars and decontamination footies as one of America’s most beloved dolls went under the knife.

Wednesday,
June 8, 2016
at 7:00PM
Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions
6522 Hollywood Blvd
Los Angeles California 90028
$10 General
$8 Students/Seniors
East of Highland
West of Cahuenga
(cross street Wilcox)
$7 Parking
Lot behind the building,
Accessible from the West side of Wilcox
Details, visit welcometolace.org
or call (323) 957-1777

IRRATIONAL EXHIBITS 9
Performed with Chris Sheets, this one night only medical event was part of Irrational Exhibits 9: Reports From the Field, an installation and durational performance event curated by Deborah Oliver with 17 other artists from Los Angeles.
The 16 new works presented in this performative exhibition were centered on the artist’s observations of the changing landscape of place and location. The questions these artists reflected on via their “reports from the field” explore how we identify and understand the shifting landscape, whether it’s social, political or personal. How do we participate in these shifts as they arise and stay connected to each other?
IE9 included the work of
Claudia Bucher
Ryan Bulis + Brian Black
Kent Anderson Butler
Monica Duncan + Samantha Mohr
Kristina Faragher
Janice Gomez
Janice Gomez
Flora Kao
Curt LeMieux
Juan Meneses
Thinh Nguyen
Liz Nurenberg
Nancy Popp
Bradford Chan Prairie
Lara Salmon
Marsian De Lellis
Liz Young
CHRONOLOGY

2017
Irrational Exhibits 10
Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions

2016
Irrational Exhibits 9
Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions

2016
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