Gargi Rawal (Alias RaaGaa) is a mix-media artist, closeted singer and a devil’s advocate wherever she goes. Her practice wanders in language, photography, performance and sounds. And is anchored in Indian-ness, Aesthetics of acceptance, Contrasts of life, humor and hopelessness.She is also a doctor and goes back to medicine whenever MAYA threatens to leave her.
Last summer, I was part of the collaborative, experimental sound art residency Field Kitchen Academy in Perleberg, Germany (outside of Berlin), studying with sonic thinker and composer Sam Auinger. I created some works with the female-identifying and non-binary residents, recording their voices individually in an 1830s old rusted barn silo. The inside of the silo had a swastika chalked on wall from vandals. We made a new drawing transforming the hate symbol into something positive and used our voices to embody the space into one that was more inclusive. Our residency theme was the Voice as Object, the Object (h)as Voice and each participant repeated the phrase in their 1st language.
Diane Durant (b. 1978) works with image, text, and found objects to tell true stories, from remaking childhood moments to exploring familial relationships and societal expectations through humor (and trophies). She is a graduate of Baylor University (BFA ’01), Dallas Theological Seminary (MA/BC ’04), and the University of Texas at Dallas (MA ’07, PhD ’13) …
Sheryl Anaya is a Puerto Rican artist and educator based in Fort Worth, Texas. She received a Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art with an emphasis in Sculpture from Texas Christian University in 2023 and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Texas Woman’s University in 2013. Sheryl’s work examines identity and empathy through the …
In Part 1, The Victorian Woman shaves off THE MAN’S beard. This ritual act allows her to grow a beard and in Part 2, she competes in the Dallas Beard Competition. With a not-so-sly nod to the Biblical story of Samson & Delilah. This is the 4th and final installment of The Victorian Woman and …
Audio Excerpt Artist Statement Artist Book Book A correspondence between The Victorian Woman and THE MAN. Exhibitions Audio Excerpt Colette Copeland with AWGMusic composed & performed by Dallin B. PeacockAudio recorded by Richard Bailey Artist Statement During the summer of 2016, The Victorian Woman traveled on an epic month-long journey to Southeast Asia in an …
Inspired by Dada, Theater of the Absurd, Situationist Theory and contemporary performance art, Copeland’s performance video work humorously questions cultural norms. Her alter ego—The Victorian Woman always performs in full costume engaging in what is typically thought of as “masculine culture or masculine activities”. She does not train for these performances. She will allow no …
Companion video to The Argument. In fall 2014, Copeland became a certified Laughter Yoga facilitator. In this performative video, Copeland and Richards explore the range of emotions through laughter.
The condensed music video version for the ADD audience. Inspired by Dada, Fluxus and contemporary performance art, Ryder and the Mini is a modern-day parable about obstacles.
Inspired by Dada, Theater of the Absurd, Situationist Theory and contemporary performance art, my performance video work humorously questions cultural and gender norms. Two years after the momentous wrestling championship, The Victorian Woman and THE MAN reunite at White Rock Lake.
