LA MERDE

My amazing sculptor boyfriend Jordan Tull & his also amazing collaborator Damien Gilley designed a kick-ass project that blew the mind of the Portland art scene last March 2011 first thursday event held at the Wieden + Kennedy Gallery space.  I haven’t done an installation as elaborate for nearly over five years, but you know throughout that time I have been developing concepts and its a matter or space, place, and especially the bonus budget to create my vision.  So, dear Portland art scene, one day I look forward to returning soon …

Willamette Weekly write-up by Richard Speers:

Jordan Tull and Damien Gilley created an invigorating futuristic environment in the Wieden + Kennedy lobby that functions simultaneously as large-scale sculpture, architecture, interior design, and stage set.  On first thursday, dance Rachel Tess performed throughout the environment to an eerie soundtrack by Thomas Thorson.  as Tess moved within Tull & Gilley’s wooden rhombuses, orange acrylic glass, and canted fluorescent light bulbs, audience members were compelled to ponder the point at which an aesthetic object in its own right becomes merely a backdrop to human performance.

Wieden+Kennedy Gallery 224 NW 13th Ave. Portland, Oregon 97209