#wax teeth

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I made teeth out of bee wax

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Teratogen album release party at Spacebar, Columbus, OH with Gelatinus Cube, Wax Teeth, and Neil...all were awesome.

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The final result from my sculpture rotation project. A dissection of visceral depictions of violence in reality and entertainment media, mostly cartoons. Renditions of cartoon violence often polarise the act of hurting someone with an absurd sense of humour.

When we see somebody end up getting smacked in the head with a frying pan in real life we don’t imagine their eyes to pop out the sockets comically, we expect them to fall over and stand up concussed.

There is a certain whimsicality to cartoon violence that isn’t akin to injury or attack in real life. Tom & Jerry is one of the fundamental proponents of slapstick comedy, a style of comedy noteworthy for its high-paced action sequences and brash representations of over-the-top violence or conflict.

One thing I wanted to make clear was that I personally found cartoon violence funny in the same sense that I find horror movies entertaining. It’s a fantasy. There’s a certain detachment when you have media between the representation.

I just wonder where we draw the line. What dictates faux violence and what reminds us when something is in bad taste. I believe that perhaps it is all a matter of perspective.

All of these models were made out of plasticine, wire, and wax teeth. The lightbox houses acetate prints of American Psycho, a rather violent movie which is a favourite of mine, and Rick & Morty, a black comedy cartoon with a large amount of gore in many of its scenes.

The overlay of these acetate images gave the plinth a nice little surgical appeal. The sculpture rotation was fun, and soon I will be in Vis Comms.

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