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Emma Penrose
UNTITLED (ADRIFT)

first performed on July 8, 2016
La Esquina, Kansas City, MO
performed once in 2016

TOM MAIO

Boston, MA
tommaio@tommaio.com
tommaio.com

UNTITLED (ADRIFT)
TOM MAIO

“Untitled (adrift)” is a site-specific performance art piece that debuted at the 2016 FLESH CRISIS: Performance Art Symposium. I have been working on a series of performances that focuses on gothic imagery, specifically vampires, which are used as a sign of difference and a threat to conformity. For “Untitled (adrift),” I hid a white candle, seven neon-colored plastic vampire teeth, three yards of sports mesh fabric, and a gold brick within my clothing. The sports mesh fabric had a repeating black and white image of myself falling from a previous performance. I revealed these objects as the performance progressed. The performance began with a single white candle burning held above my head, melting onto my arm, face, and clothing. The performance ended when I spat out all of the vampire teeth onto the floor.