Art and science, especially the combination of both. Eugenics and other medical manipulations of the human body to breed "better" society.My work deals with the controversy of biotechnology, which represents a dualistic position pertaining to humans. This science transforms humans into objects and in turn becomes the subject. The research and practice of eugenics is an incendiary concept, and we have the technology to practice eugenics and are only steps away from the return of this horror which was previously employed by the Nazis. If bodies are farmed for scientific research what happens to the body when the research is complete? The medium I utilize is beeswax, which informs the concept of life through the historical reference to the human body, which has often been rendered in wax for medical studies and research. Through my process I also employ medical tools and materials to mimic filleted flesh. The machinery is a suggestion of technology, ancient or contemporary and informs my concerns as to where unregulated and unethical technology will direct humanity in the 21st century.
Miss Siouxsie Sioux
My Music Personality .......... You must check out tormentedradio.com if you like industrial/EBM....... but here is a list of my favorite bands/artists.....The Cure, DepecheMode, Sisters of Mercy, The Smiths,Jill Tracy,Morrissey, Peter Murphy,Nick Cave & the Badseeds, Bauhaus, Crass, Radio Berlin, Bowie, Skeletal Family, Horror Popps, The Creatures, Tiger Army, Tilt, Black Tape for A Blue Girl, Switchblade Symphony, Joy Division, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Gary Newman, Dead Can Dance, Redemption, Lydia Lunch,Nico, Diamanda GalÃs, Tragic Black, The Cranes, Cruxshadows, Cocteau Twins, Tom waits, Leonard Cohen... Some EBM/Industrial: VNV Nation, Rotersand, Attrition, assemblage 23, neuroticfish, Wumpscut, High Blue Star,Android Lust, Mind in a Box, Psyclon Nine, Informatik, suicide commando, Blutengel, SITD, Hocico, Project Pitchfork,covenant, Carphax files, icon of coil, Wolfsheim, Diary of Dreams, Mend, Apoptigma Berzerk, l'Ame Immortelle, angels & agony,leather strip,And One, Android Lust, the Azoic. Art inspiring: VAST, Sugarcubes, Bjork, Radiohead, Dreseden Dolls, Aphex Twin, Portishead, Massive Attack, Tori Amos, LTJ Bukem, Interpol, Danny Elfman, William Orbit, PJ Harvey, 10,000 Maniacs (old stuff)....just to name a few.
Blue Velvet, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Max, Edward Scizzorhands, Office Space (due to the ungodly job of telemarketing), Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind , Good Fellas, Being John Malcovich, Seven, Reservour dogs, Layerd Cake, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Amelie, Garden State, Great Expectations, The Cell, 12 Monkeys, SLC Punx.
That 70's Show, Conan O'brien, occasionally Sienfeild. if I get the opportunity...Six Feet Under, oh and I love court TV and Blind Date because it's the only thing on tv when i get off work at midnight.
strangley, i'm very interested in books about post modernism and art theories. I love books that make you want to argue, namely i love books that make you argue about art!
Eva Hesse
Kiki SmithSiouxsie Sioux
Joseph Beuys
Amanda PalmerValerie Solanas
(interesting philosophy....I really admire her for her balls...plus Andy Warhol did suck)