Body Politics

We were invited to give a workshop at an elementary school in Silver Spring.  Tammy had something conflicting with it, but I went last Wednesday and had a wonderful time with the students.  The school was having something called A.R.T.S. day coordinated by a woman named Madeline Taylor.  Ms. Taylor had seen our exhibit at Artomatic [...]

Visitor writing on one of Tammy’s chalkboard paint torsos.

Artomatic 2009 – visitor interaction on notes and chalk.

Three young women interacting with the torsos.

Notes left in response to the photos of bodies and the model’s statements.

Photos by Heather along with the interactive statements of visitors.

Tammy’s male torso with visitor interaction all over it.

More of Heather’s photos [...]

I learned from Cali (see previous post) that there is a “Skinny Jeans Revolution” going on.  When did that happen?  I was really happy to hear about it!  Tammy and I first talked about the concept early last year while eating food at a local Mexican restaurant.  The exhibit debuted at the 2008 Artomatic.  We [...]

First, let me be clear again, that when we say “skinny jeans” we don’t mean the throw-back to the 80s tight-leg jean STYLE.  What we mean: the jeans that women and apparently men too,  cling to that they don’t fit into anymore and that they keep hoping to “get back into” some day if only [...]

You could send us a pair of your skinny jeans (address below).  Or, even better, you could come by our Artomatic exhibit and hang a pair on the clothesline.

You could volunteer to model for Heather’s photography. No, you don’t have to model nude.  The object is to communicate something about your body that is important [...]

This article was sent to me by the person who inspired my work “Tracy’s Invisible Yardstick.”  I can see why it made her think of that!  Hopefully Tammy and I will manage to get a spot in Artomatic for Body Politics again.  If we do, this work will be on display again.  The heart was [...]

The Body Politics exhibit has three torsos that Tammy made – a male, female and pregnant torso.  She’s painted them with chalkboard paint.  Will photographed them Saturday night May 10th and I’m posting them here for you to see.  They have been erased and we will photograph them again either Thursday or Friday night and erase [...]