Cocoon — IVY GUILD

Cocoon (2019)

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Materials: Used bed sheets, crochet hook, the artist

The artist crocheted herself into a cocoon that was handmade from used cotton bedsheets. She navigated various outdoor terrains inside of the cocoon for extensive periods. These are stills from a handful of the performances.

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Stills from performance outside Meteor Crater, AZ in April 2019. Filmed by Maya Vanderschuit.

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Stills from performance in White Sands National Monument, NM in April 2019. Filmed by Maya Vanderschuit.

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Stills from performance in San Bernardino National Forest in March 2019. Filmed by Aaron Russell Brown.

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Stills from test performance at Claire Trevor School of the Arts at the University of California, Irvine, in March 2019. Filmed by the artist.