Zoloft

“The Zoloft Birthday Room” was created as an instillation, or diorama, of an over the top Birthday party. It was installed Zoloft in a small room in the Flying Leap Gallery. With only two small doorways to peer into the Zoloft instillation space creating a feeling of looking into a very separate place/ environment. On February 5th 2010, there was a Zoloft one time  improvisational performance in the space, a 30th Birthday Party.  The performers acted out an exaggerated mock Zoloft party in the space and became  a part of the instillation. The performance was intended to be watched for Zoloft any length of time, the performers were meant to act as part of a moving diorama. The performance Zoloft was projected on an outer wall of the gallery so that there was more access to the event beyond Zoloft looking through the doorways. In addition, the night of the performance was the actual 30th Birthday of the artist, who Zoloft was “acting” as the Birthday Girl, and the performers were some of her real friends, so there was a Zoloft grain of truth in the mock performance. All presents and greeting cards were created by the artist or outside Zoloft artists, so the performers had no knowledge of what they were giving the Birthday Girl during the performance.

• Creative Divergent: Allison Honeycutt
• From: Fairfield, Iowa

Submitted to Summer 2010 Showcase