GET HUBBIED is shaping up!
The marriage project I conceived early this winter now feels like a real undertaking instead of just a conversation. It all started with thoughts of doing a group show on marriage - to study it, think about it, discuss it and create something about it. My life has been touched by the institution time and time again in that my parents married and divorced each other a few times, both my sis and I have married and divorced, and the prop 8 issue has brought marriage into the forefront of current discussions. I thought it fair game and of interest as a topic for art making.
With time and reflection the group show structure was too lifeless as a format for Get Hubbied. I came around to the fact that the format needed to be a wedding itself; all the players within would be the creators of the wedding, including the couple, the bride and groom’s families, my family, the artists, Tif and me. So, I began thinking of this more as a collaborative event, and to choose the couple based on their ability to enjoy and participate in this unconventional but very joyous way of discussing, questioning and celebrating the institution of marriage.
Though, through various technological challenges and learning curves broached and battled, proudly, the first few interviews have been filmed, and the footage awaits our virtual red pen...and then we'll begin posting them to the website.
Stay tuned.
xHubbyCo
