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BATHROOM CONFESSIONS

Flush - Curator Virginia Villari, 2011 Art Basel Miami 

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My alter ego is called PUNK MONK.

Before selfies where a thing, I took self portraits in bathrooms for 7 years prior to being invited to participate in this project.

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Found a cardboard box in the street of NYC representing the “box” we live in within our boundaries. The idea of identity created by borders and concepts, a necessity for ego to develop individuality, through habits, pattern and memory composed of images, capturing time and space. The box with photos recalls the emotional state of every frame. The urinal references Duchamp, and female shape used by man to relieve them self. Inside the urinal there are projections of two videos, The Dowry, exploring the male archetype, my Greek family, tradition, betrayal, love and death, The second video, Bath, is a cleansing ritual, with a woman washing her body.

At the end of the exhibition I ripped the box down and throw it out in the garbage, in a performance, symbol for the rise and fall of ego, the breakdown of illusion and identity. My actions and desire are to be a truly free human.