and them soft thrills in our little fun house
then the lights go out........
The Tunnel of Love - another piece in the on-going story of four buildings in my MA course. There are a lot of things going on here , but then this piece exists in two states - the ' Study/ Work in Progress ' piece , illustrated here , and the final completed work , still in construction .
The ' Work in Progress ' piece deals with and illustrates the ideas , the possible futures for this piece ; the work is still ' open ' at this stage . The ' completed work ' will deal with just one of those possibilities , taken to a formal conclusion .
The starting point here is of course the idea that the ' Tunnel of Love ' , the fairground ride , is indeed an actual tunnel , running between the basement of the Art Lover's house and the House of the Dominatrix .
Our Hero is intrigued by the possibility that he can pass from the Art Lover's house to next door unnoticed , the idea being that the tunnel becomes a changing room , a 'Rite of Passage ' . Our Hero is of course in love with his alter ego and emerges from the tunnel in his female persona - the ' Reveal ' . The piece of work contains many points at which decisions must be made ; for our Hero , decisions on the colour of lipstick , the colour of nail-varnish. For me , decisions on what to include in the ' final ' piece , what to leave in , what to take out. References are many - fair-ground rides , pop-art , magic , transformation , penny-in-the-slot machines , the Hoerengracht ............
HHmmmm ..........decisions , decisions........
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