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Voroboros (2024) is an experimental short about the feeling that I am consuming my own body to survive the system of capitalist extraction we are immersed in. A series of vignettes evoke self-consumption through myth, emotion, history and biology.
These images document the installation "Voroboros" at New City Arts Welcome Gallery in Charlottesville, VA, April 5-20. Above, a wide angle photo shows most of the gallery. The film is projected on a piece of frosted plexiglass suspended from the ceiling by a 1" zinc coated chain. There are three wooden chairs where visitors can sit to watch the film, on a green round carpet. Closest to the viewer, behind the chairs is a plinth on which sits an item from the film: a clay mouth on top of a clear box with sound electronics on the inside, atop a swatch of pink faux fur and iridescent plastic. Detail shots reveal assemblage elements including pearls and peacock feathers. On the wall are three small portraits of characters from the film.
Below, to the left, visitors crowd into the space to watch the looping film. To the right, the projected film is visible behind a curtain of silver mylar fringe that hangs floor to ceiling. On the wall are five framed concept sketches.
Three 8" square portraits of characters from the film, rendered in watercolor. I made a series of prints for the show which feature these portraits adapted for risograph.
I activated this show with a queer dance party called Gut Flora. I DJed this free, 3-hour party alongside my friend Peleona, a Richmond-based DJ. Two photos below show the risograph flyer for the party, and the party itself, with queers dancing in front of a wall-sized projection of the film. The chairs, assemblage and suspended frosted plexiglass have been cleared out to make room for dancing.
