That Only You and I Can Know - images

Installation antics

The gallery installation continues for That Only You and I Can Know - it was a super productive week, and neurosis aside...things are going well. I have amazing help from so many people, including Justin and Jim who are on staff at Bucks County Community College; Tunde my summer intern from Washington University; Manuel Navarette who came up from D.C. to print materials; and Rebecca Mott who at the last minute drove up on her Saturday to help stain and prep the photobooth. It takes a village to make an art show! We started on Wednesday and to date (i'm taking Sunday off to do some laundry and rest my body)

Current Statistics (a sampling)
4 bandaids, 7 splinters
10 shots of expresso, 5 ice coffees
5 trips to Home Depot
12 Advil liquid gels
4 days of Avis Car rental
three rolls of packing tape
one roll blackduct tape
One tank of gas
13 sheets of Luann
5 sheets of plywood
5 sea sponges
30 washers
2 packs of black nails

We'll be here all week

So, as most installations go, the humor (and giddiness) is ripe.

A group of young girls in summer camp were very curious today about what was going on. The booths are starting to get put together and are starting to look like something. The kissing booth was especially enticing - and they kept asking if cute boys were going to be in the kissing booth - and made a request for the Jonas Brothers to appear. One looking directly at me said, that big kids didn't necessarily like the Jonas Brothers. Apparently, I'm a big kid - which is exactly what I was going for.

Success!

Caitlin

PS: I thought I would share a little video of what we've been reduced to. On a recent trip to Staples to get new artwork prepped for screenprinting, which I made too big...Manuel - who has been putting up with my hemming and hawing about imagery, gave up. When the woman behind the counter asked me if he was sleeping, I turned to see this:

Hey check out this printing video - hit the play button!


BTW: Its a Fantasy Football guide of statistics - draft day is just around the corner.

Building...and building

Plans and testing for the project continue. The studio is about a 100 degrees, and with the computer and lights - its a wonder that Tunde and I haven't melted! At least the screens for printing dry really fast though, it's the small things that keep me going.

I should have kept track of the hours that it takes to create a show. I will say that I'm excited by the tack that my practice is taking. Til now, I would say that most of my large scale installation work has been inspired by historical research in libraries. This is the first time that I am using my own life as the visual inspiration - I'm pulling from the 1970s when I grew up. In fact, during a recent trip to purchase fabric to make the curtains for the photobooth, I found this orange corduroy that I'm positive was the same fabric from pants that I had in kindergarten.

So, my artistic practice has made another leap forward, interesting.