4.05.2010

Caitlin Berrigan : Marshmallow Crash 8

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Marshmallow Crash (digital video, 8 min looping), 2008





Caitlin Berrigan is an artist who works at the intersection of performance, edible sculpture, participatory actions and the life sciences to initiate dialogue about biopolitics and culture.

Berrigan has presented her work internationally, including at the Whitney Museum’s Initial Public Offerings, Storefront for Art & Architecture, Gallery 400 Chicago, Anthology Film Archives and the Center for Contemporary Art Tel Aviv. She has been an invited speaker at the New Museum, Harvard Medical School, and the Max Planck Institute. Berrigan received an Agnes Gund fellowship to attend the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture (2008) and was an artist in residence at PROGRAM in Berlin (2009) and the Bioarts Initiative at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2007). She holds a Master’s in visual art from MIT (2009) and a B.A. in art history and production from Hampshire College (2004). Raised in Mendocino, California, she has lived in Massachusetts, New York City and Paris. She currently lives in Berlin.

Caitlin Berrigan : Marshmallow Crash 7

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...we do little more than hold our breath..

Caitlin Berrigan : Marshmallow Crash 6

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marshmallow suicide...

Caitlin Berrigan : Marshmallow Crash 5

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That buoyant fluff promised by the giant marshmallow is never quite delivered...

Caitlin Berrigan : Marshmallow Crash 4

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Violent confrontation with an oversized marshmallow amidst an idyllic pastorale....

Caitlin Berrigan : Marshmallow Crash 3

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After the crumbling of capitalist monuments in the Fall and the uncertainty of American empire, the metaphors of Marshmallow Crash are oddly prescient

Caitlin Berrigan : Marshmallow Crash 2

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I was compelled to create work based on the insidious, fluffy iconography of the marshmallow and the American landscape.

Caitlin Berrigan : Marshmallow Crash 1

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Just before the market crash in the Fall of 2008 and the imminent departure of the Bush administration, I sensed impending doom....