PLASMA FREEZE: Making Friends (show)

Where:

Material Context,' Piet Zwart Institute Master of Fine Arts Graduate Exhibition. Het Archief, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

With:

Josie Perry

Description:

Josie Perry and I made the video ‘Making Friends’ while living together during the first Covid-19 lockdown in 2020. With an attitude of sublime stupidity, it was conceived as a spin-off to the prequel of our first comic book, ‘Plasma Spring,’ and its narrative elements and cast of food-themed musical tribute artists later solidified into the plot of the second comic, ‘PLASMA FREEZE: Making Friends.’ While making the video and the second comic, we were thinking about natures of impersonation, fandom, and posthumous duets. The video was made at home with borrowed equipment, zero budget, the generosity of contributing friends, and an intention to entertain our community during the lockdown. The installation at "Material Context" centres on this project – including a wheel prop from the video, two related light-boxes – and a series of drawings relating to comic that followed which included a group of Tudor-fashioned poodles, who were loosely inspired by the work of artist collective; General Idea. \nMusical contributors include:\nDAVE SHAW as Whipney Houston in ‘I Will Always Love Choux’\nCALYPSO HETHERINGTON as Elvis Parsley in ‘Leaf be Tender’\nBARNABY WYNTER as Shank Shinatra in ‘Fry Me with a Spoon’\nPETTER D. PERSSON as Stew Reed in ‘I’m Waiting for my Ham’\nDAPHNE SIMONS as John Lemon in ‘Imagine (No Potatoes)’\nLI-MING HU as Jimi Hentwix in ‘Turkey Glaze’\nJOSIE PERRY as Patsy Brine in ‘Craving’SOL & ANGEL as David Doughie in ‘Life on Mars Bar?’PETTER D. PERSSON, JAMIE KANE, DAPHNE SIMONS AND JOSIE PERRYas the Nuclear Puppies in ‘Mommy Please Can I Go to the Lake With my Surf Friends?’