(1986) Re: Tapes
You could probably use the tapes and not listen to them. Pull out the tape… make a dress out of it… pull tapes and dance… wrap them around picture…. etc.
The tapes might be too terrible to listen to. Destroy them as art.
xoxo, G
02/05
Chicken nugget earnings / Chicken nugget eye patch / Chicken nugget necklace / Caul fat veil
NON GRATA’s DIVERSE UNIVERSE NYC ’15 presented by WILD TORUS – Gowanus Ballroom – December 12, 2015
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(I practiced singing and dancing as I untangled my hair. This is me in 1993.)
How Do you feel?
I’m not good at finishing things. I still haven’t watched the last episode of HBO’s True Blood, which ended last year. I was waiting for “the right moment” to watch the finale, but it never came. I just never wanted the show to end.
Now it’s time for me to close out my birthday performance (which was 2 weeks ago). Right after my performance, my friend Hilary asked me,“How do you feel?”
I answered automatically, “I’m glad it’s over.”
I thought about what I just said and I took it back immediately, “Wait… actually I’m not glad that it’s over.’
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I do not have a good memory.
I have two examples that play a huge role in my upcoming piece. 1. I remembered the 1993 dance recital as a ballet dance, it is tap. 2. This next example is more of a fault in my logic, rather than my memory. I did not graduate elementary school in 2003. That would make me… 23/4? There is my other deficit, math. This is the year my brother graduated. I made this realization after savagely dismantling a VHS camera. The tape became stuck after the camera had died forever so the cassette door needed to be forcibly ripped off. I had to call a childhood friend to confirm that we actually had sung “The Greatest Love of All” at our graduation in 1999/2000? I wanted to make sure that I didn’t create a false memory.
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This will be shot on two cameras. Canon Vixia HV400 (mini DV) and a Panasonic DMC-FZ200 (standard). Shooters G / G Shot in 4:3 29.976 fps
Act One – Dance Intro – dance move “I’m getting kicked out of my apartment in 2 months.” dance me “i have acne” dance move “something else”. Classical ballet because I forgot that it is a tap dance.
Act Two – Recreate the dance. Do poorly as the original.
Act Three – VHS dance. Because the camera is broken. Prep for the song
Act Four – Spring Garden School 2003 anthem – cut off tights – “The Greatest Love of All” song and music video. Have intro repeat multiple times. Whitney swings around.
Afterward – Bring out the cake, light candles, sing “happy birthday to you (me), happy birthday to you (me) end, happy birthday to meeeee eeee, happy birthday to me” end on Whitney Houston, “I will always love you” during intermission..
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My dance / song recital is creeping up on me. I am finalizing all of the music and memorizing lyrics and dance moves. My leotard arrives tomorrow and I am praying that it will fit. The most challenging measurement to obtain is the “girth”.
When thinking of a song for my big recital, for some reason Whitney Houston kept coming to mind. Of course there is the 1992 mega hit, “I Will Always Love You” – 1992 but there is also, “The Greatest Love of All”. I remember singing (well, shyly mouthing the words) this song in elementary school for one of those ridiculous student recitals. It was for my 6th grade graduation. It was the kind of performance where you stand on risers under extremely hot lights. Every year someone was guaranteed to faint causing a hilarious domino effect of small children. I recently learned that this often happens because people lock their knees for an extended period of time. Read the rest of this entry »
“I look confused”
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Last week, I was sick and confined to my parents couch so I watched a bunch of movies on HBO. Mostly partial movies and most of them tear jerkers. In one sitting, I watched most of Pearl Harbor (because Josh Hartnett is in it), The Fault In Our Stars and the second half of Titanic. I think I started watching when the ship started to sinking. I cried the most watching The Fault In Our Stars. It wasn’t a good film but I blame the crying partly on PMS. Read the rest of this entry »
Day 1 & 2
I have a relatively fat ass but it’s on a small frame. I had a moment the other day where I thought about my ass and thighs. As I squeezed and jiggled my hams and wondered what percentage of my body was, my legs. I wondered how many more years I could wear shorts before the cellulite takes over. My future had been genetically decided.
Today is the day that I chose to start collecting materials to make my tutu out of. One of the places I visited was American Apparel because I knew I’d find a leotard there. (The leotard is the base of the costume.)
NOTE: I am over this. I’ve learned from it and am looking on the positive side of things. I have renewed inspiration to make new/more performances 🙂 steak face revival.
(Steak Face I – The Poet – Panoply Performance Lab February 2, 2014)
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