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I adore Dogwood trees - I'm not sure why, but they always make me think of my mom. I like that they usher in spring after most of the other blooming trees. They are so gorgeous, no need to be flashy and first to flower. My next tattoo will be of a dogwood branch with flowers and will be located on the back of one of my shoulders.
Documentation of the panel discussion Creativity in Cities: Placemaking Powered by Art, Design and Innovation, as part of the Kathryn J. Heidemann Inaugural Celebration. Cleveland Institute of Art, September 22, 2022.
Nuremberg, Germany. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Documentation_Center_Nazi_Party_Ral... Relevant blog post: rtimperfectworld.com/2018/10/19/in-search-of-the-nazis/
Robin Brasington documenting Sarah Paul's "Captain Firepants and the Pretty Ponies", Beyond/In Western New York, University at Buffalo Art Gallery
documentation of the installation of the other places
documentation of the installation of the other places 55 degrees noth exhibition at forth valley college
documentation of the installation of the other places 55 degrees noth exhibition at forth valley college
First 'draft' sort of economy line drawing. It's of my dad on my parents wedding day. Definitely needs some more work. Taken from this image ( i47.tinypic.com/dgnypy.jpg ).
More about these images:
This digital album contains images from my 2022-23 "Life is Drag" residency at The Cell in Chelsea, NYC. It includes video stills pulled from the 100+ video portraits created (performances documented), behind the scenes production shots taken during my 6 months at The Cell, and documentation of the two panels I produced and spoke with as a part of this residency -- at Symphony Space (in conjunction with the Municipal Art Society of New York), and at The Cell (in conjunction with Franklin Furnace and CADAF). More info below:
I create bodies of work that explore gender, artifice, and spectacle. Utilizing directorial, curatorial, and anthropological processes, I showcase exuberantly irrepressible personalities who revel in challenging clichés and taboos to rethink and reimagine the gender construct. A sampling of subjects include Girls Girls Girls - the world's first and only all-female Mötley Crüe tribute band, and Tazzie Colomb - the world's longest competing professional female bodybuilder and powerlifter. Since 2019, I have been working exclusively on "Life is Drag" - the largest living digital archive of drag in the United States.
Drag is a poetic synthesis of painting, sculpture, sound and performance. It is also an amalgam of self-discovery, transformation, permission, actualization, revolution, utopia, community, catharsis, and ultimately - radical self-expression. Drag is ART - and life IS drag. And "Life is Drag" has become my (Rachel Rampleman) life's work. I am a one-person production team - handling all research, curation, communication, lighting, shooting, editing, interviewing, archive building, residency outreach, and more. With "Life is Drag", I document the most innovative and singular performers - selected from a wide range of locations, backgrounds, cultures, and ages - who are currently exploding onto the national drag scene. This ever-evolving archive includes documentation of performances and interviews, and over the course of the last several years I have created 350+ video portraits, showcasing 200+ LGBTQIA performers - collaborating with them in my studio, as well as during residencies in New York City, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, and New England (so far).
These documented performances and interviews are added to my online archive at lifeisdrag.com, as well as projected or featured as site-specific multi-channel installations at “brick and mortar” venues ranging from spaces like Wave Pool, a non-profit gallery in my hometown of Cincinnati, to the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh. I have also produced live events and hosted panel discussions in partnership with organizations such as Symphony Space, Franklin Furnace, and The Municipal Art Society of New York -- about the importance of documenting this important but ephemeral art form, as well as about the current drag bans in the United States and New York’s radical resistance to these worsening restrictions.
Please consider supporting this project, and thank you for checking it out!
Project website:
My artist website:
Supporting institutions:
The Cell
Images:
www.flickr.com/photos/megalomediac/albums/72157718509246159/
Symphony Space & Municipal Art Society of New York
www.symphonyspace.org/programs/life-is-drag
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www.flickr.com/photos/megalomediac/albums/72177720309589466
Franklin Furnace &
CADAF
Images:
www.flickr.com/photos/megalomediac/albums/72177720310312123
Wave Pool
www.wavepoolgallery.org/exhibitions-archive#/life-is-drag
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www.flickr.com/photos/megalomediac/albums/72177720299700834
Bunker Projects & Bloomfield Garden Club
www.flickr.com/photos/megalomediac/albums/72157719733828390/
3S Artspace
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www.flickr.com/photos/megalomediac/albums/72157714709930241/
Apologies that I kept getting in the way of this band's official photographer/videographer! Lots more images from the band's earlier shows here, aintdeadyet.band
Mr. Thurston activates the Arduino and Processing sketches, along with the Ableton file.
Full documentation at dimambition.blogspot.com/