My Final Project is a continuation of Know Your Oligarch. It is a performance of violence, acceptance, and hope.
What I do is take a prop of a zebra leg, stab it, and read out the crimes of the oligarchs within them. I then tear apart the leg in a rage, then let the bliss of knowing that the meat is gone run all over me.
My project was a physical act of the peoples rage and desires. It was to inspire people to listen to the anger in their hearts towards injustice and to not let it be dampened down. I chose this topic because I am passionate about giving people a voice and want the rich and powerful to truly hear ours.
The message to the audience is "Listen to your rage. Tend to the flames, do not let them go out." I want people to stop dampening their anger to sound more 'agreeable' and meek to our oppressors.
I have regular contact with these punks and queers, so it was not hard to reach out to them and get their reactions. They didn't have a lot of feedback other than "you should use fake blood" as everyone I showed this to is an artist themselves. Some feedback I did receive was that I should be more clear about the specific crimes these oligarchs committed and not generalize too much. They also suggested that I use pictures of Elon with Gilaine Maxwell and Donald Trump with Epstein as 'they speak louder than words'.
I honestly don't know where this fits in my professional portfolio. Honestly, I would rather keep this away from any professional areas as I don't want to deal with people who insist on bootlicking billionaires. On the art side, I think I want this piece to show that I am able to put on a performance when needed.
Two artists that I connect to my project are Kathy Griffin and Olivier De Sagazan. Kathy's photo of holding Trump's severed head was loud and controversial, I still remember it going crazy viral back in the 2010's. It was what inspired the "Shocking and In your face" aspect of my project.
Olivier's art piece, transfiguration, is what inspired my movements towards the end of the project. I didn't go as wild as he did as I didn't want to make a mess, but the 'blissful' feel I get is from that performance.
John Brosio's painting was what inspired the look. I really loved the primalness of the dinosaurs and wanted to use that in my project.
The sources I used were the following:
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