i have a real website!

this site will now function as it was originally intended, as a blog, to show work in progress and ideas and seeds of ideas. all finished work can now we found on my formal fancy real website.

http://katielatona.com/
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bird's mud nest, cradle, in progress.

tampon applicators, bath water, hair gel -
in the gesture of cradling.
(pink balloon is only there to build on, will be removed.)
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bird's nest, cupped hands, in progess.

my & nathan's fingernails, hard as nails -
to fit in the gesture of cupped hands.
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my nest, in progess.

tissues, q-tips, tea bags, toilet paper, dental floss, hair, dust, hair gel, toothpaste, spit -
being built around me, as i sit indian-style inside it.
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first wasp's nest.

tea bags & hair gel -
to be rebuilt.
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the 'eat my problems' bake exchange, new york, NY (fifth iteration).

new york, NY. september 9 - october 16, 2010. at the AC Institute.

the brochure:



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the 'eat my problems' bake exchange, san francisco, CA (fourth iteration).

san francisco, CA. august 14, 2010. at root division, as part of the sideshow happening: performance showcase.
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the 'eat my problems' bake exchange, sayville, NY (third iteration).

sayville artwalk, NY. july 16, 2010.
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the 'eat my problems' bake exchange. (second iteration)

champaign, IL. may 3, 2010.
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the 'eat my problems' bake exchange. (first iteration)

each cookie is stamped with a problem. in order to get a cookie, you must write one of your problems on a card and submit it anonymously to me. your problem will then be turned into a cookie and given to someone else.

the first batch was given to my thing theory class, and all 16 cookies were my problems.
champaign, IL. april 26, 2010.
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trace. (the video)

trace. from katie latona on Vimeo.

TRACE is a performance of the poem "erasure" by stephen dunn, as translated by katie latona.
dancer: cara newman
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trace. (the objects)

shoes pre- and post-performance, paper and residue.
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complaints against me 2008-2009.

still going...
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apple a day.

a work in progress...
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installation for sight specific.

awaiting better pictures of this one.
acrylic on the window, words in the space are made of board on acrylic supports.
41-1B e. university ave., champaign, IL
up until april 9.

mentioned, with quotes from yours truly, here.
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shoes for a performance.

shoes, asian beetles.
sketch for a model to be used in a performance.
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jeweled wasp.

wasp & rhinestones.
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camouflage beetle.

beetle & acrylic.
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postcard.

molasses on glass, 18x18"
to be eaten by bugs, at some point.
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candy letters.

to be dissolved in ice? or abandoned?
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potato stamping.

at 10 different locations in champaign and urbana.
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i need your help.

video still, played once on urbana public television on december 11, 8pm, 16 min

(the sign is held by one person, the camera by another, so there is just enough movement to know that people are present. otherwise, the image stays unchanged.)
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Champaign / LA, 4:15pm CST / 2:15pm PST

Champaign / LA, 4:15pm CST / 2:15pm PST from katie latona on Vimeo.

recording of a videochat performance, december 11, 36 min
(this is just a 5 min clip)

(words in the book on the organ: how desire is made material
words on the bed sheets: how touch is a memory)
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mobile.

i don't have the greatest pictures of this guy (maybe forthcoming?), but here it is during our crit installation with yun jeong hong's stairs behind one side, and justin farkas' boxes behind the other.

laser-cut letters from illustration board, hanging by 5ft of white thread.
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