Islip Art Museum
Islip, New York, USA

http://www.box1035.com/UntilYouSlip.html

photo: installation of water sculpture, video, text (and sound)

Like frozen memories and caged movements, the “e-postcards” found on box1035.com allow friends, family, and anyone else in the world to access a selection of our choreographed experiences. This documentation acknowledges that throughout our state of transience and movement, we remain bound to memory and relationships where there is constant interplay between the tangible world, illusions and predispositions. The text in this installation refers to the subconscious that eventually resists the machinations of society and culture. The “slip” is an unconscious feeling that makes itself known by accident, and it is the idea of the accident that is at once fearful and appealing. Almost prophetically, this installation, as the first in the series, was realized in our absence, based on emailed instructions, video and sound recorded at our first two temporary locations in Barcelona and Beijing...

Islip Art Museum
Islip, New York, USA

http://www.box1035.com/UntilYouSlip.html

photo: installation view of water sculpture, video, text (and sound)

Like frozen memories and caged movements, the “e-postcards” found on box1035.com allow friends, family, and anyone else in the world to access a selection of our choreographed experiences. This documentation acknowledges that throughout our state of transience and movement, we remain bound to memory and relationships where there is constant interplay between the tangible world, illusions and predispositions. The text in this installation refers to the subconscious that eventually resists the machinations of society and culture. The “slip” is an unconscious feeling that makes itself known by accident, and it is the idea of the accident that is at once fearful and appealing. Almost prophetically, this installation, as the first in the series, was realized in our absence, based on emailed instructions, video and sound recorded at our first two temporary locations in Barcelona and Beijing...

Islip Art Museum
Islip, New York, USA

http://www.box1035.com/UntilYouSlip.html

photo: installation with water sculpture, video, text, sound, and "e-postcards" website

Like frozen memories and caged movements, the “e-postcards” found on box1035.com allow friends, family, and anyone else in the world to access a selection of our choreographed experiences. This documentation acknowledges that throughout our state of transience and movement, we remain bound to memory and relationships where there is constant interplay between the tangible world, illusions and predispositions. The text in this installation refers to the subconscious that eventually resists the machinations of society and culture. The “slip” is an unconscious feeling that makes itself known by accident, and it is the idea of the accident that is at once fearful and appealing. Almost prophetically, this installation, as the first in the series, was realized in our absence, based on emailed instructions, video and sound recorded at our first two temporary locations in Barcelona and Beijing...

Islip Art Museum
Islip, New York, USA

http://www.box1035.com/UntilYouSlip.html

photo: installation detail with water sculpture and video

Like frozen memories and caged movements, the “e-postcards” found on box1035.com allow friends, family, and anyone else in the world to access a selection of our choreographed experiences. This documentation acknowledges that throughout our state of transience and movement, we remain bound to memory and relationships where there is constant interplay between the tangible world, illusions and predispositions. The text in this installation refers to the subconscious that eventually resists the machinations of society and culture. The “slip” is an unconscious feeling that makes itself known by accident, and it is the idea of the accident that is at once fearful and appealing. Almost prophetically, this installation, as the first in the series, was realized in our absence, based on emailed instructions, video and sound recorded at our first two temporary locations in Barcelona and Beijing...

Branchville Gallery, Connecticut, USA
"Utility of Obsession: All Things Orange"

http://www.box1035.com/orange.html

Photo: online invitation by Stepanian

... The “utility of obsession” relates to the elimination of uncertainty by identifying certain synthetic truths. As the politics of orange alerts arouse fear, and fashionable colors encourage conformity, the drive for self-preservation and comfort of belonging maintain the system.....

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A construction of stacked, bright orange bedroom nightstands in a doorless cave-like space, alludes to the notion of insecurity and assaults on privacy. Buckets and drawers with holes are denied their typical function and act as conduits in a self-perpetuating system of recycled water. Wire pods hanging from the ceiling hold unrelated orange objects, reminiscent of the way spiders wrap their prey. A video shows a woman in the woods in an orange shirt during a heavy snow fall, and a voice absurdly sings lyrics reflecting her obsession with the color orange. While an obsession may be defined as a persistent disturbing preoccupation, Mantione and Stepanian have used the idea of obsession both as a conceptual point of departure and a process to inspire their creative act. The color orange is used as the object of a synthetic obsession creating a sense of order and focus. The utility of obsession relates to the elimination of uncertainty by identifying certain synthetic truths. In an oppressive society colors can be used as triggers for instilling fear and enforcing power, and in revolutions they may reminders of the presence of resistance. As the politics of orange alerts arouse anxiety, and fashionable colors encourage conformity, the drive for self-preservation and the comfort of belonging maintain the system.

Branchville Gallery, Connecticut, USA
"Utility of Obsession: All Things Orange"

http://www.box1035.com/orange.html

Photo: installation view of night stands, orange flags and wire pods

... The “utility of obsession” relates to the elimination of uncertainty by identifying certain synthetic truths. As the politics of orange alerts arouse fear, and fashionable colors encourage conformity, the drive for self-preservation and comfort of belonging maintain the system.....

More...
A construction of stacked, bright orange bedroom nightstands in a doorless cave-like space, alludes to the notion of insecurity and assaults on privacy. Buckets and drawers with holes are denied their typical function and act as conduits in a self-perpetuating system of recycled water. Wire pods hanging from the ceiling hold unrelated orange objects, reminiscent of the way spiders wrap their prey. A video shows a woman in the woods in an orange shirt during a heavy snow fall, and a voice absurdly sings lyrics reflecting her obsession with the color orange. While an obsession may be defined as a persistent disturbing preoccupation, Mantione and Stepanian have used the idea of obsession both as a conceptual point of departure and a process to inspire their creative act. The color orange is used as the object of a synthetic obsession creating a sense of order and focus. The utility of obsession relates to the elimination of uncertainty by identifying certain synthetic truths. In an oppressive society colors can be used as triggers for instilling fear and enforcing power, and in revolutions they may reminders of the presence of resistance. As the politics of orange alerts arouse anxiety, and fashionable colors encourage conformity, the drive for self-preservation and the comfort of belonging maintain the system.

Branchville Gallery, Connecticut, USA
"Utility of Obsession: All Things Orange"

http://www.box1035.com/orange.html

Photo: installation view of wire pods, orange objects and flags

... The “utility of obsession” relates to the elimination of uncertainty by identifying certain synthetic truths. As the politics of orange alerts arouse fear, and fashionable colors encourage conformity, the drive for self-preservation and comfort of belonging maintain the system.....

More...
A construction of stacked, bright orange bedroom nightstands in a doorless cave-like space, alludes to the notion of insecurity and assaults on privacy. Buckets and drawers with holes are denied their typical function and act as conduits in a self-perpetuating system of recycled water. Wire pods hanging from the ceiling hold unrelated orange objects, reminiscent of the way spiders wrap their prey. A video shows a woman in the woods in an orange shirt during a heavy snow fall, and a voice absurdly sings lyrics reflecting her obsession with the color orange. While an obsession may be defined as a persistent disturbing preoccupation, Mantione and Stepanian have used the idea of obsession both as a conceptual point of departure and a process to inspire their creative act. The color orange is used as the object of a synthetic obsession creating a sense of order and focus. The utility of obsession relates to the elimination of uncertainty by identifying certain synthetic truths. In an oppressive society colors can be used as triggers for instilling fear and enforcing power, and in revolutions they may reminders of the presence of resistance. As the politics of orange alerts arouse anxiety, and fashionable colors encourage conformity, the drive for self-preservation and the comfort of belonging maintain the system.

Branchville Gallery, Connecticut, USA
"Utility of Obsession: All Things Orange"

http://www.box1035.com/orange.html

Photo: installation view of night stands

... The “utility of obsession” relates to the elimination of uncertainty by identifying certain synthetic truths. As the politics of orange alerts arouse fear, and fashionable colors encourage conformity, the drive for self-preservation and comfort of belonging maintain the system.....

More...
A construction of stacked, bright orange bedroom nightstands in a doorless cave-like space, alludes to the notion of insecurity and assaults on privacy. Buckets and drawers with holes are denied their typical function and act as conduits in a self-perpetuating system of recycled water. Wire pods hanging from the ceiling hold unrelated orange objects, reminiscent of the way spiders wrap their prey. A video shows a woman in the woods in an orange shirt during a heavy snow fall, and a voice absurdly sings lyrics reflecting her obsession with the color orange. While an obsession may be defined as a persistent disturbing preoccupation, Mantione and Stepanian have used the idea of obsession both as a conceptual point of departure and a process to inspire their creative act. The color orange is used as the object of a synthetic obsession creating a sense of order and focus. The utility of obsession relates to the elimination of uncertainty by identifying certain synthetic truths. In an oppressive society colors can be used as triggers for instilling fear and enforcing power, and in revolutions they may reminders of the presence of resistance. As the politics of orange alerts arouse anxiety, and fashionable colors encourage conformity, the drive for self-preservation and the comfort of belonging maintain the system.

Branchville Gallery, Connecticut, USA
"Utility of Obsession: All Things Orange"

http://www.box1035.com/orange.html

Photo: installation view of caution vibrating platform with snake and water

... The “utility of obsession” relates to the elimination of uncertainty by identifying certain synthetic truths. As the politics of orange alerts arouse fear, and fashionable colors encourage conformity, the drive for self-preservation and comfort of belonging maintain the system.....

More...
A construction of stacked, bright orange bedroom nightstands in a doorless cave-like space, alludes to the notion of insecurity and assaults on privacy. Buckets and drawers with holes are denied their typical function and act as conduits in a self-perpetuating system of recycled water. Wire pods hanging from the ceiling hold unrelated orange objects, reminiscent of the way spiders wrap their prey. A video shows a woman in the woods in an orange shirt during a heavy snow fall, and a voice absurdly sings lyrics reflecting her obsession with the color orange. While an obsession may be defined as a persistent disturbing preoccupation, Mantione and Stepanian have used the idea of obsession both as a conceptual point of departure and a process to inspire their creative act. The color orange is used as the object of a synthetic obsession creating a sense of order and focus. The utility of obsession relates to the elimination of uncertainty by identifying certain synthetic truths. In an oppressive society colors can be used as triggers for instilling fear and enforcing power, and in revolutions they may reminders of the presence of resistance. As the politics of orange alerts arouse anxiety, and fashionable colors encourage conformity, the drive for self-preservation and the comfort of belonging maintain the system.

Branchville Gallery, Connecticut, USA
"Utility of Obsession: All Things Orange"

http://www.box1035.com/orange.html

Photo: installation video depicting Stepanian in orange, singing an obsessive song about the color orange

... The “utility of obsession” relates to the elimination of uncertainty by identifying certain synthetic truths. As the politics of orange alerts arouse fear, and fashionable colors encourage conformity, the drive for self-preservation and comfort of belonging maintain the system.....

More...
A construction of stacked, bright orange bedroom nightstands in a doorless cave-like space, alludes to the notion of insecurity and assaults on privacy. Buckets and drawers with holes are denied their typical function and act as conduits in a self-perpetuating system of recycled water. Wire pods hanging from the ceiling hold unrelated orange objects, reminiscent of the way spiders wrap their prey. A video shows a woman in the woods in an orange shirt during a heavy snow fall, and a voice absurdly sings lyrics reflecting her obsession with the color orange. While an obsession may be defined as a persistent disturbing preoccupation, Mantione and Stepanian have used the idea of obsession both as a conceptual point of departure and a process to inspire their creative act. The color orange is used as the object of a synthetic obsession creating a sense of order and focus. The utility of obsession relates to the elimination of uncertainty by identifying certain synthetic truths. In an oppressive society colors can be used as triggers for instilling fear and enforcing power, and in revolutions they may reminders of the presence of resistance. As the politics of orange alerts arouse anxiety, and fashionable colors encourage conformity, the drive for self-preservation and the comfort of belonging maintain the system.