Pieces & Materials.

1.

“Practice”
(Video, 2019)

4-channel video, Body, Voice, Dance moves from *NSYNC’s “Bye Bye Bye” (2000) HBO TV Special performance, Dance moves, lyrics, and music sample from “My Love Is All I Have to Give” (1997) music video performance by Backstreet Boys. Filmed on a Sony-HD HandyCam

(For 4-channel installation projection on wall or SD-P1400 Portable DVD players)

2.

“Practice”
(Pamphlet, 2019)

Screenshots from “Practice” video, lyrics from “My Love Is All I Have to Give” (1997) by Backstreet Boys, additional text
(Distribution- for print or e-mailer)

Installation.
4-channel video projection. Small on a wall in the grid format with sound in sync. The bodies small on the wall. 

A version seen at Wavepool Gallery, “Faux Real,”  | Cincinnati, Ohio, June - July 2020 | Group Show, Curated by Sidney Hilley; “My Love Is All I Have to Give”

About the work.

I gave myself prompts of different ways to enact the late 90s, early 2000s choreography of two major and influential boy bands - NSYNC and Backstreet Boys. One prompt was a direct mimic of the choreography, which meant trying to learn the moves and attitude of delivery. Another was to interpret the moves - the feeling, the music, the lyrics as my 32-year-old body today in 2019. One rule for myself was to TRY to be fully “in it”. To stay with the material (the music) until I felt the way I might have felt when I was 10 - 13 years old, or something akin to that. I wanted to consciously let the music affect me. Sometimes I got there (felt moved in a way I could recall) and sometimes I did not, and I let the gestures evolve into a feeling or interpretation of that moment. I also styled my hair and dress like an amalgamation of 90s-2000 boybands. I do this to try and heighten my embodiment of both the boy-band-ers & my 10-13 year old self. There are also portions of the “practice” where I wear more typical contemporary movement clothes.

I also included a book/pamphlet. I think about amateur YouTubers and early internet practices (2000-2010) of having an emailer list. Personal accounts sending monthly emails to their personal list. I also thought about workout tutorials that use still images, yoga posters especially from the 70s-90s, and Martha Graham’s “Self-Practice” book.