Swampy: at The Floodgates by Tom Estes for IM International and Electronic Arts, Presented by Creative Time and The Queens Museum of Art
Ever sonce the first cheesy monster or goofy robot leered out from the cover of a pulpy magazine, science fiction has struggled to shake off a certain tinge of camp’. No matter how hard creators may try to tell frightening stories, the slightly ironic silliness is always lurking just outside the frame. A little ‘camp’ is fun to giggle at, but is often tinged with feelings which are based on real- life issues that are familiar and frightening; threatening and strange. Through the performance ‘Swampy’ artist Tom Estes adopts a role based on the all-too-human emotionsembodied by fictional creatures in science fiction. SWAMPY: AT THE FLOODGATES by Tom Estes https://december18.crowdmap.com/reports/view/335
Ever sonce the first cheesy monster or goofy robot leered out from the cover of a pulpy magazine, science fiction has struggled to shake off a certain tinge of camp’. No matter how hard creators may try to tell frightening stories, the slightly ironic silliness is always lurking just outside the frame. A little ‘camp’ is fun to giggle at, but is often tinged with feelings which are based on real- life issues that are familiar and frightening; threatening and strange. Through the performance ‘Swampy’ artist Tom Estes adopts a role based on the all-too-human emotionsembodied by fictional creatures in science fiction. SWAMPY: AT THE FLOODGATES by Tom Estes https://december18.crowdmap.com/reports/view/335