2020

(Act II): Let Me Entertain

Framework:
“Just Another Shadie Bitch”
Title:
(Act II): Let Me Entertain
Year:
2020
Material:
300 posters, excerpt of “Let me Entertain You” from “Gypsy,” upright piano, LED stripes, LED spotlights, voice and piano notations for “Gypsy” with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and music score by Jule Styne, center table, ashtray, Cuban cigars, lighter, cigar cutter, glasses, decanter, whisky, aluminum bowl, champagne, lipstick, cigarettes, opera gloves, faux feather boa, armchair, Eau du Parfum Secretions Magnifiques by Etat Libre d’Orange
Technique:
installation
Dimensions:
variable
Image:
installation views at the 2020 CORE Exhibition at the Glassell School of Art | Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (US)
Credit:
Photos by Ronald Jones and Ryan Hawk

Act II of “Just Another Shadie Bitch” is an immersive installation examining performativity, social relationships, and scene-making. It engages scenographic tropes of burlesque and cabaret, translating elements of Greek tragedy, opera, and social drama into spatialized, performative interactions that reframe an audience’s perception and situate narrative and space in dialogue.

RESEARCH PROJECT:

“Just Another Shadie Bitch”

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