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Blowhards

Installation at the Hoffman Gallery
Oregon College of Art and Craft
Portland, Oregon

1997

Materials and Dimensions
Timer, vacuums, 7'-long men's dress shirts, plaster-filled cotton bags.
16'H x 20'D x 30'W

Description
When the red button on the tutu-wearing object is pushed, a series of actions are put into play:

• One or more work lights go on; the vacuum under the activated light turns on, inflating the shirt with a fluttery movement;
• the shirt stays inflated for a predetermined length of time until the vacuum turns off;
• when the shirt is completely deflated, the light above it turns off.

The vacuums and lights are choreographed to build moments of extreme agitation and relative calm. The plasters on the wall try to act ferociously blase.

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