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PLAY is proud to announce the production of BODYWORK,
a project by Liz Cohen.
BODYWORK is the attempt to transform a German car into an American
car. Cohen bought a Trabant in Berlin and shipped it to America. Upon
its arrival, the effort to transform the Trabant into a lowriding Chevrolet
El Camino begins. Cohen in a search for her own place in the lowrider
world works at a custom autobody shop and additionally works out with
a personal trainer to become a lowrider bikini model. In the summer
of 2004 the bikini model/car customizer and the Trabant turned El Camino
will do a tour de force of lowrider competitions to show off their
new looks.
BODYWORK will be shown as a video installation including the car that
constantly transforms back and forth from Trabant to El Camino lowrider
and a hip hop music video. Characterized by changes in light, photographs,
music, videos, and the constant motion of the car, BODYWORK will provide
a high stimuli environment for examining a range of psychological and
sociological issues. Cohen’s BODYWORK takes on a neurotic desire
for love and respect to issues of shifting identities, and the requirements
of group membership. As with much of Cohen’s work, she has set
up a parameter for herself within which to transform the car and collect
experiences. At the same time that she creates the story, she is the
story. |
