LAURA ZUSPAN
My newest installation and performance entitled, The Ecstatic Feeding and or With the Fever: A Sort of Kindly Oxygen addresses the sociological aspects of food production, mind control, and power. I’ve been interested in creating a subversive dinner party as a reaction to the diseased collective consciousness of American food consumption. In collaboration with Krowswork gallery and their performance salon entitled You Must Change Your Life, I created a performed dinner celebration with giant tie-dye dolls that surround a communal table offering a sculptural mound of green produce. Performers cook, serve, and dance within the installation while being hypnotized by a spell of verbal domination (i.e. a mind control sound track). Gallery visitors were encouraged to participate in an ecstatic eating ritual dedicated to a playful critique of the health-conscious post-modern new age. Below you’ll find an image from the event more soon to come plus a video!
