http://www.queenofplastics.com queenofplastics Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:43:08 +0000 http://www.queenofplastics.com en http://www.queenofplastics.com/2010-Reality-Manifesto http://www.queenofplastics.com/following/queenofplastics.com/2010-Reality-Manifesto Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:43:08 +0000 queenofplastics 3237642 2010: Reality Manifesto Role: Author © 2010 QueenofPlastics, reproduction allowed only with noted credit. REALITY MANIFESTO If you think you have plenty of time, you don't. We are beings, experiencing a physical existence. The taste, the touch, the sound and the smell of this world is an integral part of your being; let it not matter how good or bad something is, but let it matter that you do experience it. Share these experiences with others and they will share theirs in return. Feel this interchange. Know the feeling of failure. Know the feeling of success. Know the feeling of feeling. Live forward into your toes, and chase the next step, even though it is unknown. Be connected. Become fully absorbed inside this soft world. Beauty loves the forgotten spaces. If you’re afraid of what you need, know that most everyone else is too. This is the best it will get. Forget your past. Stop the world. Stopping the world is indeed an appropriate rendition of certain states of awareness in which the reality of everyday life is altered because the flow of interpretation, which ordinarily runs uninterruptedly, has been stopped by a set of circumstances alien to that flow. In this case the set of circumstances alien to our normal flow of interpretations is the sorcery description of the world. The precondition for stopping the world is that one has to be convinced; in other words, one has to learn the new description in a total sense, for the purpose of pitting it against the old one, and in that way break the dogmatic certainty, which we all share, that our perceived reality of the world is not to be questioned. After stopping the world the next step is seeing. By that I mean what could be categorized as responding to the perceptual solicitations of a world outside the description we have learned to call reality. All these steps can only be understood in terms of the description to which they belong; a description that I'm endeavoring to give you. Let, then, these words be the source of entrance into that description. Be aware of your power. Your power is a very weird affair. In order to have it and command it, you must know your power to begin with. Your real triumph will be to let go and follow your power until the common world has ceased to exist. There are worlds upon worlds, right here in front of us. You and I are right here, in the world that you call real, simply because we both know it. If you don’t know the world of power, you cannot make it into a familiar scene. Once the world of power is a familiar landscape, the real world will make itself known to you. You may think you have plenty of time to do this. You don’t. Your death is always to your left, waiting to tap your shoulder. Know that dying is a monumental affair. It is more than just kicking your legs and becoming stiff. But if you want to survive, you must be crystal clear and deadly sure of yourself. This is real. http://www.queenofplastics.com/2012-Beo-A-Method-for-Living http://www.queenofplastics.com/following/queenofplastics.com/2012-Beo-A-Method-for-Living Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:58:22 +0000 queenofplastics 3196987 2012: Bèo, A Method for Living Role: Artist, Producer Beò, (pronounced b'yah) which means 'living' in Scottish Gaelic, is a nomadic structure and a space for myth-building. Because of its unordinary structural shape and materiality, beò allows the user to exit the temporal world, to live out of time, and to feel the cosmic order of life. Beò offers a contextual reconfiguration of being, healing, and living while in the setting of a natural environment. The following video and imagery was taken at Luskentyre Beach on the Isle of Harris in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The bodysuit worn was made by Berlin-based designer Lars Paschke. <img src="http://payload44.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/3196987/branding2_640.jpg" width="640" height="509" width_o="880" height_o="700" src_o="http://payload44.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/3196987/branding2_o.jpg" data-mid="16363736" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload44.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/3196987/hero1_640.jpg" width="640" height="509" width_o="880" height_o="700" src_o="http://payload44.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/3196987/hero1_o.jpg" data-mid="16363577" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload44.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/3196987/hero3_front_640.jpg" width="640" height="640" width_o="880" height_o="880" src_o="http://payload44.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/3196987/hero3_front_o.jpg" data-mid="16363589" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload44.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/3196987/B_hero_640.jpg" width="640" height="509" width_o="880" height_o="700" src_o="http://payload44.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/3196987/B_hero_o.jpg" data-mid="16363643" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload44.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/3196987/branding1_640.jpg" width="640" height="509" width_o="880" height_o="700" src_o="http://payload44.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/3196987/branding1_o.jpg" data-mid="16363735" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload44.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/3196987/interior_640.jpg" width="640" height="509" width_o="880" height_o="700" src_o="http://payload44.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/3196987/interior_o.jpg" data-mid="16363647" border="0" align="left"/> http://www.queenofplastics.com/2005-A-Quantum-Event http://www.queenofplastics.com/following/queenofplastics.com/2005-A-Quantum-Event Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:52:23 +0000 queenofplastics 2655179 2005: A Quantum Event Role: Artist / Producer This short film follows an Alice in Wonderland-style character as she deals with psychic fissure and unity while searching through the darkness to seek out the light. On her journey, semiotics play a large role in leading her through various spatial landmarks and mythological scenarios. Will she be reborn to live or be lost forever in the twilight of fantasy? Coming Soon. <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2655179/Picture 2_640.png" width="640" height="320" width_o="720" height_o="360" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2655179/Picture 2_o.png" data-mid="14752973" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2655179/Picture 3_640.png" width="640" height="320" width_o="720" height_o="360" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2655179/Picture 3_o.png" data-mid="14752974" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2655179/still1_640.jpg" width="640" height="320" width_o="720" height_o="360" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2655179/still1_o.jpg" data-mid="14752977" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2655179/still4_640.jpg" width="640" height="320" width_o="720" height_o="360" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2655179/still4_o.jpg" data-mid="14752980" border="0" align="left"/> http://www.queenofplastics.com/2004-Bugaboo http://www.queenofplastics.com/following/queenofplastics.com/2004-Bugaboo Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:48:34 +0000 queenofplastics 402485 2004: Bugaboo Role: Art Director / Designer The Bugaboo products specialties lie in their flexible ability and performance. Strollers are able to travel over any territory, provide protection in any condition, all with comfort, ease and style for the user and little one. The branding and campaign ads were designed with that in mind, while additionally showing the adventurous and international flair that its clientele reflects. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/402485/26-152d59766c3f615026d49b4bff938da1.jpg" width="376" height="494" width_o="376" height_o="494" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/402485/26-152d59766c3f615026d49b4bff938da1_o.jpg" data-mid="1781525" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/402485/27-d15427f99c91d7a37e1febe8062ca63f.jpg" width="376" height="494" width_o="376" height_o="494" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/402485/27-d15427f99c91d7a37e1febe8062ca63f_o.jpg" data-mid="1781530" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/402485/28-b1be1eb9da0eda607a2e46e58d68697c.jpg" width="376" height="494" width_o="376" height_o="494" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/402485/28-b1be1eb9da0eda607a2e46e58d68697c_o.jpg" data-mid="1781537" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/402485/31-2327d87a2a28f910683c2027442d24d1.jpg" width="376" height="494" width_o="376" height_o="494" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/402485/31-2327d87a2a28f910683c2027442d24d1_o.jpg" data-mid="1781539" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/402485/74-082a135b2963a7ed5323ea336d69a138.jpg" width="580" height="409" width_o="580" height_o="409" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/402485/74-082a135b2963a7ed5323ea336d69a138_o.jpg" data-mid="1781541" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/402485/536-2376e276c5b037ed6822a49dcaafb5e3.jpg" width="580" height="409" width_o="580" height_o="409" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/402485/536-2376e276c5b037ed6822a49dcaafb5e3_o.jpg" data-mid="1781552" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/402485/75-e1076c7157ba39d8b1ec47547a80e4a5.jpg" width="580" height="409" width_o="580" height_o="409" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/402485/75-e1076c7157ba39d8b1ec47547a80e4a5_o.jpg" data-mid="1781560" border="0" align="left"/> http://www.queenofplastics.com/2007-Glorious-StupidThing http://www.queenofplastics.com/following/queenofplastics.com/2007-Glorious-StupidThing Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:51:13 +0000 queenofplastics 2678009 2007: Glorious Stupid Thing Role: Artist Thematically, the banal and the glorious, as the sacred and profane, are often fused together as a display of the polarity of our lives as humans. On one hand, we are earthly animalistic beings given over to base biological urges. On the other hand, we're striving for conscious self-actualization and sometimes even spiritual evolution. This work shows a simple material and a refined material in conjunction with each other, as perhaps an example of the inherent glory and energetic quality of all material. The vibrant yellow energy of the acrylic triangular dissections gives a radiating graphic effect to the sand-stuffed nylon, a very stupid material when only seen as such. Perhaps all things, even the stupidest things, have an inherent glory. <img src="http://payload18.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2678009/glorious_front_640.jpg" width="640" height="804" width_o="700" height_o="880" src_o="http://payload18.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2678009/glorious_front_o.jpg" data-mid="13571417" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload18.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2678009/glorious_640.jpg" width="640" height="804" width_o="700" height_o="880" src_o="http://payload18.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2678009/glorious_o.jpg" data-mid="13571420" border="0" align="left"/> http://www.queenofplastics.com/2008-The-Longest-Road http://www.queenofplastics.com/following/queenofplastics.com/2008-The-Longest-Road Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:22:39 +0000 queenofplastics 2676981 2008: The Longest Road Role: Artist In a quote from Carl Gustav Jung, he speaks of the longest path ("longissima via") as a unity of opposites in a psychological process. "It is the longissima via [longest path], not straight but snakelike, a path that unites the opposites in the manner of the guiding caduceus, a path whose labyrinthine twists and turns are not lacking in terrors. It is on this longissima via that we meet with those experiences which are said to be “inaccessible”. Their inaccessibility really consists in the fact that they cost us an enormous amount of effort: they demand the very thing we most fear, namely the “wholeness” which we talk about so glibly and which lends itself to endless theorizing, though in actual life we give it the widest possible berth." <img src="http://payload18.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2676981/longissimavia_640.jpg" width="640" height="512" width_o="1280" height_o="1024" src_o="http://payload18.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2676981/longissimavia_o.jpg" data-mid="13566465" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload18.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2676981/longissimavia_detail_640.jpg" width="640" height="800" width_o="1024" height_o="1280" src_o="http://payload18.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2676981/longissimavia_detail_o.jpg" data-mid="13566453" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload18.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2676981/longroad_640.jpg" width="640" height="804" width_o="700" height_o="880" src_o="http://payload18.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2676981/longroad_o.jpg" data-mid="13571245" border="0" align="left"/> http://www.queenofplastics.com/2010-2-Minute-Whipped-Cream-Portraits http://www.queenofplastics.com/following/queenofplastics.com/2010-2-Minute-Whipped-Cream-Portraits Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:49:51 +0000 queenofplastics 2663331 2010: Whipped Cream Portrait World Record Role: Artist / Performer My second World Record for the Record Setter database: I performed the "drawing" of portraiture with aerosol whipped cream onto black paper. Let's see how many I can draw of the front row audience in 2 minutes at Joe's Pub in New York, NY... http://www.queenofplastics.com/2009-The-Longest-Balloon-Squeak http://www.queenofplastics.com/following/queenofplastics.com/2009-The-Longest-Balloon-Squeak Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:32:53 +0000 queenofplastics 2663205 2009: World Record for the Longest Balloon Squeak Role: Artist / Performer A John Cage moment wherein the combination of a very large balloon and an electric air-inflator gave will to perform this auditorily hilarious work. My pre-show practice, much to the dismay of my neighbors, paid off with a record set at just over 2 minutes. I'm sure I could outdo myself if given the opportunity... http://www.queenofplastics.com/2009-Lost-Symbols http://www.queenofplastics.com/following/queenofplastics.com/2009-Lost-Symbols Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:54:35 +0000 queenofplastics 2643812 2009: Lost Symbols Role: Artist These symbols from pre-Christian times are the basis for a graphic study in color and form. As a precursor to "Neon Blessings" these sketches are done in chalk pastel and coated with a film of beeswax. Akin to ancient craft production wherein symbols were carved into furnishings or woven into textiles, these sketches were made with natural materials, and sealed onto the fibre paper as if by a royal edict. The symbols range in meaning for basic human desires such as safety, power, divinity, unity, community, luck, abundance, fertility, sunlight, and wisdom. <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2643812/bluemoon.jpg" width="600" height="700" width_o="600" height_o="700" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2643812/bluemoon_o.jpg" data-mid="13382946" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2643812/bluemorningstar.jpg" width="600" height="700" width_o="600" height_o="700" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2643812/bluemorningstar_o.jpg" data-mid="13382947" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2643812/bluewaves.jpg" width="600" height="700" width_o="600" height_o="700" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2643812/bluewaves_o.jpg" data-mid="13382948" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2643812/brownsun.jpg" width="600" height="700" width_o="600" height_o="700" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2643812/brownsun_o.jpg" data-mid="13382949" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2643812/greenhuman.jpg" width="600" height="700" width_o="600" height_o="700" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2643812/greenhuman_o.jpg" data-mid="13382951" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2643812/greenmountain.jpg" width="600" height="700" width_o="600" height_o="700" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2643812/greenmountain_o.jpg" data-mid="13382952" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2643812/greenpathways.jpg" width="600" height="700" width_o="600" height_o="700" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2643812/greenpathways_o.jpg" data-mid="13382954" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2643812/greydestiny.jpg" width="600" height="700" width_o="600" height_o="700" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2643812/greydestiny_o.jpg" data-mid="13382955" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2643812/orangecrosses.jpg" width="600" height="700" width_o="600" height_o="700" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2643812/orangecrosses_o.jpg" data-mid="13382957" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2643812/blackthunder.jpg" width="600" height="700" width_o="600" height_o="700" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2643812/blackthunder_o.jpg" data-mid="13382945" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2643812/pinkbreasts.jpg" width="600" height="700" width_o="600" height_o="700" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2643812/pinkbreasts_o.jpg" data-mid="13382958" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2643812/redserpent.jpg" width="600" height="700" width_o="600" height_o="700" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2643812/redserpent_o.jpg" data-mid="13382960" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2643812/yellowharvest.jpg" width="600" height="700" width_o="600" height_o="700" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2643812/yellowharvest_o.jpg" data-mid="13382961" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2643812/yellowself.jpg" width="600" height="700" width_o="600" height_o="700" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2643812/yellowself_o.jpg" data-mid="13382962" border="0" align="left"/> http://www.queenofplastics.com/2010-The-Love-Project http://www.queenofplastics.com/following/queenofplastics.com/2010-The-Love-Project Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:17:49 +0000 queenofplastics 2612055 2010: The Love Project Role: Artist / Editor What is love? What is the physical feeling of love? How do people act when they're in love? Why do people fall in love? Is it forever? Is it just an idea? I posed these questions to almost 100 friends, family, and anonymous New Yorkers (via a GoogleVoice audio mailbox) and made an audio collage of the results. What do you think about love? The Love Project