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07: Goodbye (The Symptoms of
Physical Things).
Cooper
April 15- May 12, 2000
Locust Projects is pleased to present Goodbye (the
symptoms of physical things), recent work by Cooper.
Cooper presents the viewer with fragmented elements
from our current and past society; piecing them together
with strange methods that make us wonder how we take
in this world around us so lightly. These works exist
as minor monuments to both man's conquests and subjugations.
Cooper references what seems to be our incessant need
for amplification of the human presence, from antiquated
recording methods playing our voices out across the
limitations of time to the sophisticated ability of
striking someone dead from across the room. Composed
of drawings, sculptural objects, audio, single channel
video and the remains of two private performances the
show is truly cross-media.
In the piece "Return of the Pilgrim", an unusual
costume has been made out of two Mayflower shipping
boxes, oversized yellow boots, additional cardboard
and plaster. The costume is presented with a video that
shows the artist in the pilgrimget-up walking around
a desolate industrial area giving away dog biscuits
to stray dogs (through a chute in the costume's crotch
area). The dogs are the natives and the pilgrim is a
visiting foreigner- a tenuous relationship develops:
some are trusting, and some are not. In another performance
entitled "100 Rounds (Glock Version)" the
artist turns the gallery into a mock shooting range.
He fires one hundred screaming bullets at an opposing
wall while dressed up as the all too familiar motorcycle
bad guy from low budget cable movies, the piece is a
bit unsettling.
Several smaller works and technical-manual like drawings
keep the do-it-yourself mood rolling. Goodbye (the symptoms
of physical things), presents a vision heavily influenced
by B-movies, cop glorification and generation "y"
as in "huh, why?"
The opening reception is on Saturday April 15th, 8-11pm,
Locust Projects is open Saturdays 12-4pm. All other
times by appointment (305) 576-8570.
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