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...fault line he's straddled. In 2002, he made it into the New York Times for exhibiting the compacted car wreck of expatriate art critic Robert Hughes, who'd narrowly survived a collision in Western Australia. For Post-Traumatic Origami, Kesminas placed 68 kg of crushed metal in a plastic vitrine with a beer can and fishing reel, among other objects. He still laughs at the memory: "Robert Hughes is really the champion of Modernism. Here he is in a cube. It's perfect." Nor was it much of a leap from his court-jestering with the Histrionics. Smashed Nissan...
...occasional beach ball, water balloon, and crowd-surfer passed overhead, undergrads in plastic ponchoes sang and danced Saturday in a muddy Tercentenary Theater to ’90s hits such as “Semi-Charmed Life” and “How’s It Going...
...many of the simple movements originated from minuet dancing, perhaps commenting on old-fashioned dance forms. However, this choice limited the complexity of the performance, and the dancers’ long, obtrusive skirts covered the few challenging steps they executed. Moreover, the sporadic use of a plastic folding chair as a prop looked awkward and arbitrary. Despite the beautifully illuminated, single-file exit of “Untitled,” this piece was on the whole dissatisfying and unexciting...
...Lights off to the sides spelling out “Wit” and “Honor” continue the theme of the modern intersecting with the old. A clear plastic screen in back is painted by the cast as the play unfolds, revealing black patterns printed on it. While this seems to have little connection to the themes of the play, it is extremely visually arresting...
Next, the video devolves into a frenzy of successive shots showing motionless frames of plastic models in order to reveal the violence that plagues the town. The reasons for the chaos are unclear, but the band’s sinister, plastic presence seems like the driving force. The animals in the zoo are let free and run amok. Violence and nudity await at every street corner...