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So, this
was my schtick: I took a shit in the shower, right
into a plastic quart yogurt container, capped it
tight and placed in refrigerator so it wouldn't be
so volatile. Later, latex gloves on, I molded the
excrement into patties, balls, kebabs, and
sausage-like bits to pose in burger, spaghetti,
shish, and pizza. I photographed the faux food and
brought it to Fred Meyer, the "local" mega
department store whose bakery scans your pix and
prints them with soy ink on sugar paper for cake
decorating. They were nice enough to scan some
dollars, too--twenties, ones, and fives. The show
took place at Vital 5, where thanks to Steven
Bradford, 2 women and 1 man were painted with
edible colors and circulated, feeding people dried
bananas and Jeez-o Shots--red vodka gelatin
chilled in crucifix molds--as well as inviting
patrons to lick the flavored pigment off their
bodies. The money was torn to pieces and
distributed on a silver "Give us this day our
daily bread" platter, the act of eating money
being the evening's tastiest bit of subversion.
Other artists contributed edible creations,
including a jelly bean portrait, spicy meat
pistol, beautiful slender mushrooms in sake test
tubes, jigg'alot ziggurat, and an armageddon melon
which depicted in its illuminated interior the
effects of a nuclear blast on a civilian
population. My idea was to auction off my shitty
meat pictures and eat the ones which did not sell,
but I consumed too much alcohol and forgot all
about that. Thanks to Greg Lundgren for the
invitation to use the space and everyone who
contributed and participated, without whom nothing
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