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Colette Copeland is a interdisciplinary visual artist, arts educator, social activist and cultural critic/writer whose work examines issues surrounding gender, death and contemporary culture. Sourcing personal narratives and popular media, she utilizes video, photography, performance and sculptural installation to question societal roles and the pervasive influence of media, and technology on our communal enculturation.

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My Jesse James Adventure

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Videos Audio Guide Artist Statement Prints Etchings Blog Archives Research A palimpsest of memory, a play on time, a questioning of history as truth—Copeland invites the viewer to contemplate historical and contemporary issues through a different lens. Sherry Cheng Exhibitions 22-channel video installation, framed solar plate etchings, ephemera, audio guide Videos Viewing the videos through …

Just Add Maggots

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Shadow Boxes Artist Statement Just Add Maggots is an ongoing series that merges the artists fascination with death with the need to collect/memorialize. The project takes many forms including sculpture, photography, video, installation, and theater. The Museum Theater Production In Fall 2009, the Director of the University of Pennsylvania’s theater department Dr. Rose Malague contacted …