Experiments

A few of the experiments done thus far using

bed springs and pantyhose.

The first experiment that looks like a robust take on

a turkish hanging lamp didn't work... which I expected but still had to try.

The pantyhose got stuck in the casting as well as the springs.

In the second experiment, the reverse prosthesis came into play

with the pantyhose and using the sandbox as my container for the

the formwork... and what came out was very...

dildo-esque, but

this did provide me with further progress into manipulating the sand

inside the sand box as a possible formwork tool.

Playpen

Inside the latex portal...

under rotten floor boards

is a sandbox !!!!!

in fact the entire house on the main floor is covered in sand (and lots of beetles).

It is incredibly odd...

Here I am, inside an enclosed space in a house with a sandbox

and with the miniature analogue theatre back in Winnipeg, it seems

oddly fitting that the two conditions have found each other

in parallel spatial situations... which is great because this makes

bringing this theatre back to Canada... a simple act.

... the work begins

Latex Portal

The chosen portal.

Seems fitting to continue from last years work.

Available Materials

Above are the few remnants of the house.

There are at least 13 bed frames with rusty chains and springs.

Latex, pantyhose, grain bushel bags, old clothes and blankets.

Rusty tools, rusty nails... rusty bike frames.

Absurd amount of religious icons, crosses and prayer books

... bottles with unknown substances.

the hands are the measuring stick...

between thumb and pinky is 15 cm

... kidding about the measuring stick.

A Rare look at a Reverse Prosthesis

This is a rare prosthesis that caught my attention when drawing the study of

the built example in Turkey. The insides of the body

are extruded on the outside and placed so that it would be able

to contain it's own flesh when being demolished...

... now last year, I had done a study with skins and in the process

of making sausage from a pig we killed, the intestines (skin like tubes)

were extruded to contain it's own flesh...

once again...

this condition is appealing ( maybe stomach-turning for some... :))

Interpretations of Prostheses

As the thought of prosthesis lingers in my mind, examples of this condition begin to present itself in a different retrospect.

the psychological prosthesis

"home sweet home"

the metaphysical prosthesis

"the higher power"

the mechanical prosthesis

"I caught it"

and...

the building prosthesis

"all wrapped and propped up"

Turkish Prostheses Study

While in Turkey, for some reason the condition of prosthesis lingered in the back of my mind. It was suggested that I delve more into this condition of prosthesis and choose an

architectural example to study.

I had immediately chosen the place

of study and fortunately it was conveniently located near the hostel.

I took pictures of the building...

and then I caught myself in the act of my own prosthesis...

taking a picture for visual memory and planning to study it only later when I had time... But the funny thing is, I had all the time in the world to sit there and study it then! Where else was I going? It was a thought catching moment of delusion that I thought I had to take a picture of it to remind me of it later.

... so I let go of the shutter release b

utton on my new camera and felt a slight relief of freedom.

Sitting there, drawing and questioning my movements made me delve into a completely different perspective on my search in the research... at that moment there was a slight relief that the story that may have begun with death was now beginning to take a turn for something other... something more optimistic in the story... Now what may have seemed like a story of tragedy, is now a story of oo something other...