in praise of fails: Weatherworks - land art installations by K.I.A.

TL; DR: 30-foot art done-30° (“The Window” winterlude)

On Horizons

The newly frozen bay, somewhat snow white, sounds out as it warps — ringing, and singing, like an ice siren, alarm and allure. I jump, stomp, and kick down while walking onto this winter canvas. I’m holding a broom sideways — if I fall through, maybe it’ll save me. Should I be wearing a life jacket?

F1: Cities in Dust

Every December I make enormous weatherworks. The process is physically demanding — a duel, a sport, a dance — due to the difficult conditions (which are different every year). This art is always in cooperation with acquiescent to nature; i.e. this year, for the first time in ten, there is no ice. So “going-with-the-no-floe”, I shifted my colordrifts and glyphs to nearby snowy fields and frozen flora. But because the art is not at the time-honoured site, and I can only work at a much smaller size… all attempts are fails. (F1-F4):

F2: Color…Elide

Every December I make enormous weatherworks. The process is physically demanding — a duel, a sport, a dance — due to the difficult conditions (which are different every year). This art is always in cooperation with acquiescent to nature; i.e. this year, for the first time…

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ne're attives (The Window by K.I.A. pt 17)

The Doomsday Clock has now been moved to 90 seconds to midnight, and as a result many cities have begun holding exercises to train for emergencies like nuclear war. Above, a group of crisis actors practice for such an event. The run-through took place over 8 hours. They were paid minimum wage for the night. They had a lunch break at 2 a.m. Non-gluten meals were not an option. This photo was taken at 2:15 in the morning.

These men are having an argument. It started out as a discussion, but escalated. It didn't come to blows, but there was some pushing. They were talking about fashion, and whether the correct term to describe one man’s wardrobe (on the left, nearest to the wall) was half-shirt, crop top, or midriffer. No one had heard of, nor liked, the last term, which had been proffered by the man furthest on the right. Shoves ensued. At some point the neologist had to leave the sartorial melee by peeling out on his motorbike….

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Themed sets of images from “The Window”:

Be My Woman Be My Man (queer, gay, transgender, LGBTQ+ song)

BE MY WOMAN BE MY MAN by Shinjuku Zulu
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 The soul is non-binary. Over lifetimes we have lives a both men, women and on the spectrum. “Be My Woman Be My Man” is about the yin-yang of sexuality and gender.

All master/synch rights owned 100% by Kirby Ian Andersen. Contact to license for tv or film productions.

ON ALBUMS:

- Various Chimeras

CREDITS:

Lyrics: Kirby Ian Andersen
Music: Kirby Ian Andersen
Performed by: K.I.A.

GENRE: dance / night club / party
VOCALS: male
THEME: positive songs about non-binary, transgender, LGBTQ+ music, pride month, trans, gay, dance

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Lyrics:

Be my woman, be my man

All master and synchronization rights to K.I.A. and Shinjuku Zulu songs are 100% owned by Kirby Andersen. To license K.I.A. or Shinjuku Zulu songs for film, tv or commercial productions, contact info[at]nu4ya[dot]com, with “song licensing” in the subject field.