Aggie 2011

Aggie 2011

For this piece I created an intimate space for sharing stories, with ample light and comfortable seating for both viewer and storyteller. The stories come from my grandmother, Mary Agnes Sullivan, and the particpant is invited to take a story or quote from the pile. However, as more stories are shared, the pile dwindles and slowly wastes away until eventually nothing is left but the empty shell. Similar to the loss of these stories, the space itself, in many ways domestic and homey, appears to be coming apart and decaying, turned upside down. The work was inspired by a conversation that occurred between my grandmother and me shortly after the death of her closest friend. She lamented the great loss of information and stories that occurs, and how even the little records one has are never enough to fully explain or encompass each of these moments or this person.

Arthur Daniyarov by Aline & Jacqueline Tappia  in editorial “Welcome to My Mind"

Another old work, guerilla art installation outside an assisted living community in Austin, TX

more old photos, of an outfit/costume in a constant state of work in progress. An as yet unnamed post-apoc character as part of some world building

Faggot, 2013. Craig Schlewitz

What I Wore Today, with papercraft lion mask to mock weird internet obsession with hiding one's face.