Xquisite Corpse Act Two
Xquisite Corpse Act Two was a day-long Installation and Performance with audience participation, created in 2012 as part of Armory Arts Week New York. In collaboration with Ian Mack, ianmackstudios.com.
Caution - nudity.
Over 200 people came and went, 12 hour painting marathon and no script, no money changed hands, no models, no artists, no audience, no plans of what was going to happen, because anyone that stepped into the studio that day played their own script, became the artists, the models, the canvas, the audience of their own painting.
Xquisite Corpse Act Two was designed as a room size installation and included a dozen wearable canvases made of primed cotton, a paper Runway on the floor and a specially installed red cloth ceiling. One wearable was designed to serve as a message board. Wearables canvases were hung from the ceiling and the public was invited to wear them and paint on each other. Acrylic paint, ink and brushes on sticks were provided.
Xquisite Corpse Act Two - Before
Xquisite Corpse Act Two - Before
I designed the ceiling specifically for the installation and picked and brought the fabric myself from the garment district on west 38th street in New York on my shoulders
Xquisite Corpse Act Two - See below how the performance unfolds in the daytime:
Xquisite Corpse Act Two - See below how the performance unfolds in the nighttime:
