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http://blinkenheimer.myphotoalbum.com/view_album.php?set_albumName=album03
If you go to the end of the album there are more pictures of this project

irina - padded cell

My intention for this project was to highlight the discrepancy between the hyper-sexualized body of the fantasy female and the taboo bodily functions of real females. By inviting a viewer - namely Cole - to walk barefoot on my padded carpet and then engage with me in a cliche slumber party sex-kitten pillow fight, I aimed to humorously express my personal opinion that a woman's body should only be shared with someone who is comfortable with all manifestations of that body - whether slim and sexy or bloated and bleeding.

Thanks to Leslie Sakal for the photos.

irina - 100 objects

I haven't been able to get the video working, but here are photos of the carnage from my 100th birthday party:

Discrete/ Continuous: Stream of Illuminated, Colored Light

SFAI Open House 9/18

Go to this for Extra Credit or for one of your 6 lecture/opening credits: Santa Fe Art Institute Artists & Writers in Residence September Open Studio Thursday, September 19 5:30 pm SFAI Free Admission Refreshments Served

The Santa Fe Art Institute (SFAI) is proud to welcome 10 visual artists and writers in residence for the month of September. The public is invited to meet them and view their work at SFAI's monthly Open Studio. SFAI supports over 60 residents per year and offers a cohesive, arts-focused environment that creates the ideal working conditions for our resident artists. Don Bogen, Poet Hunt Scarritt, Playwright Jeanne Dorsey, Playwright Martie Palar, Poet Lisa Nold, Novelist Agustina Woodgate, Sculptor Hisao Ihara, Video Artist Caroline Kelley, Film Maker Sandra Clark, Photographer Evert Witte, Painter Kim Russo wrote about SFAI open house: www.artenvelope.blogspot.com

Improv Everywhere in Wall Street Journal

http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB122119092302626987.html?mod=2_1578_topbox

100 objects AmyBeth

These are my images from both my home installation and the art department installation. I used animal crackers and frosting to mimick ant patterns for different effects.

The first two images are at my home. I included Boric acid (ration 1:1) to the frosting as a creative exterminating solution for household ants.

At the art department, I chose the Sept. 11th memorial to play with the animal crackers and frosting up the adobe "tower." There was a gentler feel as the aim was to let the ants enjoy the food in their own environment. However, the piece does stop rather abruptly which after hearing the critique I felt was all the more appropriate. The piece is dedicated to Julianna McCourt, age 4 from New London CT.