Regine December 14, 2005 art, transport

Bodywork

In her BODYWORK project, Liz Cohen is converting Färgfabriken’s main hall into a car body shop and a gym. Every day, she will be working to transform an old East German Trabant into an American Chevrolet El Camino. East German functionalism goes American low-rider. In addition, the artist will be training her body so that she will also be able to present the finished car as a showroom bikini model.

BODYWORK is the main installation in The Gender Turntable, that will be Sweden’s first equal opportunities lab. During it, one of today’s most fundamental social issues will be explored and analysed to generate discussion and debate, and ensure relevance.

Photo gallery of Bodywork previous performance.
At Färgfabriken , Stockholm, open November 23 until February 5 2006.

Via e-flux.

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benhamin on December 15, 2005 at 5:47 am

BODYWORK 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 fo…
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Boing Boing on December 15, 2005 at 6:48 pm

Liz Cohen: simultaneous body-mod and car-mod

Snipped from We-Make-Money-Not-Art: In her BODYWORK project, Liz Cohen is converting Färgfabriken’s main hall into a car body shop and a gym. Every day, she will be working to transform an old East German Trabant into an American Chevrolet El Camino….