Maya Lin at the de Young Museum, San Francisco

I finally got to see Maya Lin a few days before the show came up. I was so excited I almost peed. Here is the installation in progress and after. There are over 65,000 2x4 pieces of wood. They're all numbered and are part of a system. You can tell the piece is not hallow in the center. It took the crew over two weeks to put this together. At work, I've been around the sculpture for 7 hours, and it has so much power. I was so excited that this large masculine construction has such a soft form. There are going to be more pieces by the Maya and other Asian American artists including Yoko Ono, hollah. The show will be up through January 2009. 

Spooky Scary

I just got excited for Hallows Eve because my costume just came together. My love for the movie "Pink Narcissus" made me want to be a Matador. I found Power Ranger costume that I altered to make the pants. A kids Cinco de Mayo vest. A modified red blazer, and altered sailor hat to complete the get up. Toro!!!

Art of Democracy: War and Empire at Meridian Gallery

Here is a video I just completed with Mark Vallen for Meridian Gallery on a current exhibition. Thanks to Erica Botz for being my lighting sidekick!  

You Betta Work: RuPaul Embroidery

When I heard RuPaul was coming to San Francisco to host Midnight Mass with Peaches Christ, I knew an embroidered portrait of the diva would be the best project. I didn't finish it in time to show Ru, but it's here! I'm just going to finish the edges in the future.

10 Bondage Restraint Lingerie Masks

I decided to have these masks to wear during the opening of the show. When patrons wear the masks in a public space, anonyminity, and ambiguity become a way to create and connect people and communities. We are also performing subversive gender roles and sexualities in an open forum for public awareness. The masks are transparent, but the patron's face cannot be identified, which gives the patron agency to identify themselves by their own terms. The opening for the mouth emphasizes language's agency.

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