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Memorial For Bad Jokes

Memorial For Bad Jokes is an exploration of the relationship between mortality and electricity, a dynamic yet non-organic force.

The constructed environment within the video functions as a purgatory and as an absurdist procession performed to the rhythms created by a cast of strange wearables, each of which is performed by the artist. “I Thought It Would Be Funny,” is a death shroud made of LED lights, pulsing based on a simple timing circuit. Time is also kept by “The Little Drummer Boy,” a wearable mechanical drum stick strapped around the artist's waist, and “The Public Speaker,” a shawl covered in speakers that plays a recording of the artist screaming. “The Social Escape Dress,” passes through, emitting a cloud of fog through a wearable system of vaporizers and aquarium pump motors.

Machines, video and editing by Kathleen McDermott. Sound design by Senem Pirler.

4 minute loop, video available upon request
2016