A short film written and directed by Z Behl in 2016. Shot by Sam Kuhn and Produced by Mariah Burke and Carlos Zozaya.
The film explores the relationship between Geppetto, an abused female carpenter, and Pinocchio, her alter ego.
A series of Watercolors depicting scenes from the film were printed and hand bound to create 25 original Geppetto storybooks.
Book of Watercolors based on film stills from Geppetto, handbound by Artist.
Dir. Z Behl
8:00 min, S16mm Film, 2021
A bone collector, Huesera, tasked with re-creating life after all of the animals have died, finds her hardest task is making something other than Coyote, who loves to eat bones
Site-Specific Public Installation in which viewers were invited to don a harness and climb up a wall of concrete sculptural handholds to glory.
174 Flagler St, Miami FL, 2018
Applied Concrete Features, 15 Distinct Castings (editions of 10), Belay Harness and Belayer, Bell
Reflecting the time and energy we devote to an imagined process of upward social mobility, the act of scaling a wall of art towards supposed glory invites us to contemplate motivation and status. Occupying a middle ground betwen objectivity and subjectivity, this permanent installation offers a distinct experience to each and every participant. It encourages us to enjoy the very source of our anxiety, gamifying stress in the name of rediscovering personal agency, towards the surreal realm of success.
18 foot tall wooden "Pied Mother Piper." Upholstered in leather, playing bronze flute with motorcycle headlights for eyes. The cabinet built into her back is a stage for child performers, accessible through a trap door between her legs.
Installation shots from Kai Matsumiya Gallery. Oversized Deck of Wooden Cards, featuring original photographs of Male Nudes on the front, and a silkscreen design evoking the Divine Feminine on the Reverse. The artist, dressed as the Joker, plays a winning hand of Solitaire with the giant deck in a 15 minute looping video.
Additionally, 500 Poker sized decks of Playing Cards featuring the original photos and design were produced for the show.
Installation Shots, Kai Matsumiya Gallery. Each card unique C-Print of original photo on 15x22" wooden panel with silk-screened back.
this pic is an install shot
Edition of 500 Decks of Poker Sized Male Nudie Cards, featuring Artist as Joker.
Ongoing Series of Suits made for my body out of found materials.
Rope bodysuit
"My body of work" Cyanotype Bodysuit featuring monotype prints of everything I ever made.
Moneysuit. Sewn together bills of over 50 International currencies both in and out of circulation.
"Lace bodysuit" The first in an ongoing series of Bodysuits made to fit my body from found/cultivated materials.
Table Commission for Brooklyn Museum's Annual Gala, 2015
this is a bunch fo work i made in ny and photogrpahed in a swimming ppool in new orleans
48" x 96" Archival C-Print of Pool Installation of life-size wooden cut-out paintings in New Orleans, 2012.
Installation shot of wooden cut out paintings in 7ELEVEN Gallery.
King Minos of Crete once refused to sacrifice a white bull to the Gods in thanks for giving him an island to rule over.
Minos’ wife, Queen Pasiphae, was punished by the Gods for her husband’s desire. Poseidon cast a spell on Pasiphae inducing her to lust after the white bull herself, in effect projecting her husband’s own desire onto her, as punishment for his lack of humility.
According to Virgil, Queen Pasiphae commissioned archetypal Greek artist and craftsman Daedalus to build her a cowsuit in which she could copulate with the bull.
This performative sculpture attempts to recreate the fuck-bull Daedalus built for the queen, acting as a suit for sitters of either sex to enter. The addition of bull’s horns to the structure serve to contest the notion of female sexual passivity and to suggest that the true desire behind the creation of the suit was homosocial.
