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Monday, February 5, 2007

Inside Out

Clarina Bezzola in performance Inside Out

Is it only interesting to look at surfaces as a surface designer? The surface is only one aspect of our being as well as those objects we make. The inside can offer more possibilities. Objects and surfaces can be hidden to be revealed when it is time. Surfaces and embellishments can remain hidden for the artist's memory only.

I have been making little pods with insides and outsides. I have sketched and sampled work that has many sides and dimensions to display and hide.

A few artists are working with this concept and ideas that are similar. One in particular comes to mind because of the expansive nature of her curiosities. Clarina Bezzola blows me away with her puppet like beings that are filled with guts and offal. She makes huge "costumes" and uses many aspects of performance in her work. She sings and dances and reveals what is "inside". she makes hundreds of components with each work she does and compulsively communicates what I long to see and hear. Her website is well worth checking out www.clarinabezzola.com

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