Goatsilk created the web series, Killin’ It with Paul Crik, in 2008, in collaboration with Paul Crik. It has been growing on a weekly basis since that time. Killin’ It is wireless motivation for a new generation. Killin’ It is a mantra. Its a philosophy that’s as simple or as [...]
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Gootchie Goo emerged as a fascination with the wild popularity of online videos portraying cuteness. “Adorable kitten” as a search string on Youtube yields countless videos with more than a million views. Further research into the theory of cute led to the discovery of two stimulating essays on the topic: [...]
The Bowhead Project emerged through an afternoon visit to Jo-ann Fabrics, where we found the discounted bulk bags of multi-colored gift bows intensely attractive. Our initial urge had been to make an entire body suit covered in glinting ribbons. But practical limitations led us to cover the head alone by [...]
On October 22, 2009, an installation event called SWAP, by the New Genre Arts 280 class at Whitman College, opened its doors to the local community. Superficially, SWAP was not much more than a simple clothing exchange that took place inside the Fouts Art Gallery on campus, but the event [...]
For 20 working days in June 2008, Goatsilk excavated discarded objects, sites and histories from the lands around Earthquake Lake in southwest Montana. With a series of docu-dramas they envisioned the life of each item, subsequently placing them for auction on eBay. The project unfolded in real-time on their blog, [...]
Portraits From an Ark is comprised of 55 videos of different people being painted to look like animals. Halfway into each video, after the painting is finished – the sitter is told – for the first time – what animal they have been painted to look like. At this point, [...]
Abe Lincoln Wants You to Crack Someone! featured in 1440 Minutes: An Evening of Installation and Performance Art at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs on April 11, 2008. Goatsilk created a scenario in which members of the viewing audience engaged in one on one live action battles to make [...]
Backdrop for an Engine: two new installations by Goatsilk Society and the mind are not so dissimilar from a lawnmower. When an engine is working, what it takes in is determined by need and function. Everything else is an enchanting backdrop 11 January to 15 February 2008 Sheehan Gallery, Whitman [...]
The eBay Show uses artwork purchased on the internet to reveal the internet itself as a work of art. No other technology has comparable power to change the way we live or is so widely used as the internet, which is very young. The e-bay show introduces new possibilities for [...]
