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Archives - Please Take A Numb-er
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[Please Take A Numb-er was a site-specific installation that dealt with the psychic numbing we experience in relation to world crises, and the obsession with consumerism as an avoidance/denial technique. This spiral-configured installation... ] led the audience into the central altar, where they were asked to participate by making an offering (writing down what they would like to have in their lives that they cannot buy). The piece was structured with paper-mache stanchions and ropes - signs at the top of each stanchion had hand-written messages ("I need a new pair of shoes," "Let's go to the movies," "Stop bugging me," etc.) and the floor was covered with large, 3'sq. wooden wedges and shredded newspapers. The wedges had photocollaged images that looked like the front page of a newspaper each illustrating a world problem with an accompanying headline. When the audience exited the spiral the text offered them alternatives to cynicism and despair. Exhibitions: Saddleback College Gallery, Mission Viejo, CA (1988); CSU Bakersfield Gallery, CA (1988); CSU Northridge Gallery, CA (1989), Central Coast Plaza, San Luis Obispo sponsored by Arternatives (1990) and the Walker Building sponsored by Public Corporation for the Arts in Long Beach (1991).
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