http://www.queenofplastics.com queenofplastics Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:48:34 +0000 http://www.queenofplastics.com en 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 that 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" border="0" width="376" height="494" width_o="376" height_o="494" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/402485/26-152d59766c3f615026d49b4bff938da1_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/402485/27-d15427f99c91d7a37e1febe8062ca63f.jpg" border="0" width="376" height="494" width_o="376" height_o="494" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/402485/27-d15427f99c91d7a37e1febe8062ca63f_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/402485/28-b1be1eb9da0eda607a2e46e58d68697c.jpg" border="0" width="376" height="494" width_o="376" height_o="494" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/402485/28-b1be1eb9da0eda607a2e46e58d68697c_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/402485/31-2327d87a2a28f910683c2027442d24d1.jpg" border="0" width="376" height="494" width_o="376" height_o="494" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/402485/31-2327d87a2a28f910683c2027442d24d1_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/402485/74-082a135b2963a7ed5323ea336d69a138.jpg" border="0" width="580" height="409" width_o="580" height_o="409" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/402485/74-082a135b2963a7ed5323ea336d69a138_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/402485/536-2376e276c5b037ed6822a49dcaafb5e3.jpg" border="0" width="580" height="409" width_o="580" height_o="409" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/402485/536-2376e276c5b037ed6822a49dcaafb5e3_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/402485/75-e1076c7157ba39d8b1ec47547a80e4a5.jpg" border="0" width="580" height="409" width_o="580" height_o="409" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/402485/75-e1076c7157ba39d8b1ec47547a80e4a5_o.jpg" 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" border="0" width="640" height="804" width_o="700" height_o="880" src_o="http://payload18.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2678009/glorious_front_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload18.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2678009/glorious_640.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="804" width_o="700" height_o="880" src_o="http://payload18.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2678009/glorious_o.jpg" 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" border="0" width="640" height="512" width_o="1280" height_o="1024" src_o="http://payload18.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2676981/longissimavia_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload18.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2676981/longissimavia_detail_640.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="800" width_o="1024" height_o="1280" src_o="http://payload18.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2676981/longissimavia_detail_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload18.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2676981/longroad_640.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="804" width_o="700" height_o="880" src_o="http://payload18.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2676981/longroad_o.jpg" 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 "Blessings" (in neon) 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 tapestries, 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" border="0" width="600" height="700" width_o="600" height_o="700" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2643812/bluemoon_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2643812/bluemorningstar.jpg" border="0" width="600" height="700" width_o="600" height_o="700" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2643812/bluemorningstar_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2643812/bluewaves.jpg" border="0" width="600" height="700" width_o="600" height_o="700" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2643812/bluewaves_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2643812/brownsun.jpg" border="0" width="600" height="700" width_o="600" height_o="700" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2643812/brownsun_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2643812/greenhuman.jpg" border="0" width="600" height="700" width_o="600" height_o="700" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2643812/greenhuman_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2643812/greenmountain.jpg" border="0" width="600" height="700" width_o="600" height_o="700" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2643812/greenmountain_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2643812/greenpathways.jpg" border="0" width="600" height="700" width_o="600" height_o="700" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2643812/greenpathways_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2643812/greydestiny.jpg" border="0" width="600" height="700" width_o="600" height_o="700" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2643812/greydestiny_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2643812/orangecrosses.jpg" border="0" width="600" height="700" width_o="600" height_o="700" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2643812/orangecrosses_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2643812/blackthunder.jpg" border="0" width="600" height="700" width_o="600" height_o="700" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2643812/blackthunder_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2643812/pinkbreasts.jpg" border="0" width="600" height="700" width_o="600" height_o="700" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2643812/pinkbreasts_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2643812/redserpent.jpg" border="0" width="600" height="700" width_o="600" height_o="700" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2643812/redserpent_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2643812/yellowharvest.jpg" border="0" width="600" height="700" width_o="600" height_o="700" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2643812/yellowharvest_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2643812/yellowself.jpg" border="0" width="600" height="700" width_o="600" height_o="700" src_o="http://payload17.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2643812/yellowself_o.jpg" 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 http://www.queenofplastics.com/2010-Urban-Hobo http://www.queenofplastics.com/following/queenofplastics.com/2010-Urban-Hobo Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:00:21 +0000 queenofplastics 2612053 2010: Urban Hobo @ Conflux Digital Arts Festival Role: Artist / Programmer For Conflux NYC, the art and technology festival for the creative exploration of urban public space, my proposal for Urban Hobo consisted of chalk-drawn, photographed, and geo-tagged symbols. The lexicon of symbols was a part of the conception of this project; they communicated valuable information about the surrounding community much like the tradition of hobo symbols from the past century. Urban Hobo updated the use of the symbols by allowing users to have access to an online Google Map wherein the symbols' placements are tracked and commented upon. Users are also able to make new symbols and add to the language of the modern Urban Hobo. <img src="http://payload15.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2612053/Screen shot 2011-10-27 at 12.40.19 PM_640.png" border="0" width="640" height="390" width_o="1575" height_o="961" src_o="http://payload15.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2612053/Screen shot 2011-10-27 at 12.40.19 PM_o.png" align="left" /> http://www.queenofplastics.com/2008-Core-Sample http://www.queenofplastics.com/following/queenofplastics.com/2008-Core-Sample Sun, 15 Jan 2012 23:51:41 +0000 queenofplastics 2607570 2008: Core Sample Role: Artist I am 5'10" tall. This is a core sampling of my inner workings as an artist and a spiritual being. The materials used for the 3" diameter, and 5'10" tall pole are: beeswax, earth, gold leaf, lavender, turmeric, lead crystal, bees, rabbit fur, cinnamon, and plastic. The materiality of the core sample is metaphorically linked to my psychic and personal energies. <img src="http://payload15.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2607570/15 coresample_640.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="800" width_o="1024" height_o="1280" src_o="http://payload15.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2607570/15 coresample_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload15.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2607570/16 coresample detail_640.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="800" width_o="1024" height_o="1280" src_o="http://payload15.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2607570/16 coresample detail_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload15.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2607570/17 coresample detail2_640.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="800" width_o="1024" height_o="1280" src_o="http://payload15.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2607570/17 coresample detail2_o.jpg" align="left" /> http://www.queenofplastics.com/2010-Seven-Rings-Huffington-Post http://www.queenofplastics.com/following/queenofplastics.com/2010-Seven-Rings-Huffington-Post Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:52:13 +0000 queenofplastics 2607525 2010: Seven Rings in the Huffington Post Role: Artist In the style of the classic communication game "Telephone", Seven Rings is a living, responsive work of art created by Rebecca Campbell and Nicole Walker. Seven Rings plays off of volleying between a poet and a visual artist responding to each other's work in their medium's style. My visual response to W. Todd Kaneko‘s “Words for Butterfly, Words For Moth” is photographic evidence of an installation entitled "Pan and White Light". It is a work that consists of turmeric root, candle light, betel leaf, betel nut & spices, all photographed through a fractal lead crystal filter to multiply the installation. <img src="http://payload15.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2607525/7rings_640.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="856" width_o="1936" height_o="2592" src_o="http://payload15.cargocollective.com/1/1/33464/2607525/7rings_o.jpg" align="left" />