How Does Freedom Taste?
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Bearding
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 …
How Does Freedom Taste: Collin College
Exhibited at Collin College, Plano, TexasSeptember – October 2016
How Does Freedom Taste?
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 …
Rigs for Sale
After a disappointing day at the World Championship Rattlesnake Races, the Victorian Woman encounters an abandoned oil rig. After reading about the 27,000 abandoned rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, she contemplates transforming the oil rig into her next luxurious habitable abode. A great place to wait out the impending zombie apocalypse.
Route 666
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 …
Ball and Chain: The Victorian Woman and THE MAN Reunite
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.
The Victorian Woman Rides a Bull
Inspired by Dada, Theater of the Absurd, Situationist Theory and contemporary performance art, Copeland’s performance video work humorously questions cultural norms. In this installment, the Victorian Woman rides a mechanical bull at the Mesquite Rodeo.
Victorian Woman vs THE MAN
In the third installment of the Victorian Woman bearing arms series, my alter-ego engages in hand-to-hand combat as she wrestles THE MAN. The trailer features Period 1 (of a 3 period freestyle wrestling match), which results in a tragic loss for the Victorian Woman. Will she be able to make a comeback to defeat THE …
Victorian Woman
The Victorian Woman has many messages including serving as a political figure. But she also updates the task film in a delightful way. Her costume gives the work a cinematic quality and puts the viewer in a past-present time period. And then there are the tasks, themselves – – brave, funny, and interesting to see. …