Sculpture

86 found objects

Photo Credit: Erin Lavelle

Sculpture

Creating sculpture

Photo Credit: Erin Lavelle

Funerary ritual

Entry with incense

Photo Credit: Phillip O'Toole

Funerary ritual

Display of shrouded sculpture

Photo Credit: Phillip O'Toole

Funerary ritual

Communing with the shroud

Photo Credit: Phillip O'Toole

Unveiling

Photo Credit: Phillip O'Toole

Funerary ritual

Unveiling with a flourish

Photo Credit: Phillip O'Toole

Funerary ritual

The sculpture revealed

Photo Credit: Phillip O'Toole

Sculpture

Sculpture detail

Photo Credit: Phillip O'Toole

Sculpture

Sculpture detail

Photo Credit: Phillip O'Toole

Kindling

Sealing burdens and wishes in wax to be used as kindling for the fire.

Photo Credit: Phillip O'Toole

Imbibing the spirit of the flame.

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Funerary procession

The rollicking march to Giggly Hills

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Funerary procession

Ghostly procession

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Lighting the pyre

Igniting the sculpture.

Photo Credit: Phillip O'Toole

Final flames

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Art Project #1

Found Object Sculpture and Funerary Performance 2014

Role: Co-Creator

Materials Included: 86 found objects; wood; twine; wax; matches; fireworks.

A found object sculpture created with Erin Lavelle coupled with a viewing and funerary ritual at a private residence and a public park along the Mississippi River in Minneapolis on February 14, 2014.

Collaborators: Co-Creator - Erin Lavelle

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