Heidi Kayser 20 Image Por2olio 2016 From the Come Back to Me Series: The Queen’s Burden, Digital Color Photograph, 84"x 60” 2015 Large scale photograph in which the arIst wears an original, hand‑sewn costume made from recycled upholstery fabric and domesIc items. The photograph is exhibited in a faux gold-­‐leaf sculptural frame (pictured in next slide). From the Come Back to Me Series: The Queen’s Burden: Exhibi;on View, handmade gown, fabric, fur, domesIc Items 172"x 84"x 72” 2015 InstallaIon view of the exhibiIon "Come Back to Me”, showing a hand-­‐made gown, exhibited as sculpture. In the background is a photograph in a sculptural frame of the arIst wearing the gown. From the Come Back to Me Series: The Queen’s Burden: Exhibi;on View, handmade gown, fabric, fur, domesIc Items 172"x 84"x 72” 2015 InstallaIon view of the exhibiIon "Come Back to Me”, showing a hand-­‐made gown, exhibited as sculpture. In the background is a photograph in a sculptural frame of the arIst wearing the gown. From the Come Back to Me Series: The Queen’s Herself, Digital Color Photograph, Sculptural Faux Gold-­‐leaf Frame 60"x 84"2015 Photograph of the arIst in an original design, hand‑sewn costume made from recycled upholstery fabric and domesIc items. Gold‑leaf frame is made from an original poured foam process, pearls and paint. From the Come Back to Me Series: Trashy, 4K video, 5:00, 2016 Video sIlls from the 5 minute 4K Fashion Film Itled Trashy From the Come Back to Me Series: The Queen’s ACendant, Dressing Gown, Fabric, Foam, Furniture, Pearls, 72"x 30" x 24" 2014 Sculpture is one of a series based on the arIst's full‑body MRI and CAT scans. The forms were made to reference parts of the body as they appear abstracted in the scans. The sculpture is shown along with the work from the Come Back to Me Series, as one the Queen's "a^endant ladies in waiIng" From the Come Back to Me Series: The Queen’s ACendant, Red Wolf, Fabric, Foam, Furniture, Pearls, 72"x 40" x 28" 2014 Sculpture is one of a series based on the arIst's full‑body MRI and CAT scans. The forms were made to reference parts of the body as they appear abstracted in the scans. The sculpture is shown along with the work from the Come Back to Me Series, as one the Queen's "a^endant ladies in waiIng" MOLT: InstallaIon view of handmade costume and sIll from 2:00 HD Video MOLT, Costume, Performance, Video 2016 LINK TO VIDEO: h^ps://vimeo.com/193485267 From the series MOLT, sIll from video and image of costume installed in an exhibiIon as sculpture. MOLT is a two-­‐channel video with original sound. The costume is made by burning polyester around a form of the arIsts body. MOLT presents the idea that skin in the 21st century is something that may be shed, but not without consequences. The video was shot on locaIon at the Noah Purifoy Outdoor Desert Museum as part of a two-­‐month residency at the Noah Purifoy FoundaIon and the Joshua Tree Highlands KEEP, Costume, Sculpture, Performance, Video, 2016 LINK TO VIDEO: h^ps://vimeo.com/193484852 SIll from the video KEEP. KEEP is an 8 minute, 1080p HD video with original sound, made as part of a two month residency at the Joshua Tree Highlands ArIst Residency. KEEP imagines a narraIve in which women build metaphorical nests out of collecIons of ideal self-­‐images. These nests may provide a home but also become a cage from which escape is difficult. Birdcage Sculpture from the video KEEP. Birdcage, latex, wigs, fabric, 60"x 20" x 36” 2016 LINK TO VIDEO: h^ps://vimeo.com/193484852 Sculptural birdcage from the series KEEP. The cage is the centerpiece of the video, KEEP, an 8 minute, 1080p HD video with original sound, made as part of a two month residency at the Joshua Tree Highlands ArIst Residency. KEEP imagines a narraIve in which women build metaphorical nests out of collecIons of ideal self-­‐
images. These nests may provide a home but also become a cage from which escape is difficult. HANG, Digital Color Photograph of Performance, 2016 One in a series of photographs of a performance at an abandoned trailer park in Lucerne Valley, CA. This photo series, Itled HANG, is part of the larger body of work called KEEP, which includes a video, sculptures, and a costume, seen here worn by the arIst. From the series Seen and Not Heard: Perch, Fabric, Foam, Furniture 36"x 48" x 18" 2013 From the series, Seen and Not Heard. Sculpture is one of a series based on the arIst's full‑body MRI and CAT scans. The forms were made to reference parts of the body as they appear abstracted in the scans. From the series Seen and Not Heard: Slice, Fabric, Foam, Furniture 24"x 18" x 36" 2013 From the series, Seen and Not Heard. Sculpture is one of a series based on the arIst's full‑body MRI and CAT scans. The forms were made to reference parts of the body as they appear abstracted in the scans. InstallaIon view of the exhibiIon Seen and Not Heard, Fabric, Foam, Furniture, 2013 InstallaIon image from the exhibiIon Seen and Not Heard, showing sculptures from the series of the same name. Sculptures are based on the arIst's full‑body MRI and CAT scans. The forms were made to reference parts of the body as they appear abstracted in the scans. Atlas #1, Graphite on paper, 48” x 72” 2014 A series of drawings based on the arIst's full‑body MRI and CAT scans. From the Series: Seen and Not Heard, Paint on Panel, each 24” x 48” 2013 From the series, Tell Me My Name in the Morning, Fabric, Foam, DomesIc Items, 2013 From the Very Comfortable series, Hide , recycled, stretched upholstery fabric, 30’ x 12’ 2013 View of the 30 i. long wall tapestry piece Hide, from the exhibiIon, Very Comfortable, at Boehm Gallery, Palomar College, San Marcos, CA. The work was made by deconstrucIng 12 couches sourced through Craigslist Free items. This gallery exhibited the soi parts from the furniture such as cushions and fabric, and an adjoining gallery exhibited the hard armatures such as springs and frames. From the Very Comfortable series, Bones , Fabric, Foam, Furniture, Wood, Variable Dimensions, 2013 InstallaIon view from the exhibiIon, Very Comfortable, at Boehm Gallery, Palomar College, San Marcos, CA. The work was made by deconstrucIng 12 couches sourced through Craigslist Free items. This gallery exhibited the hard armatures such as springs and frames, and an adjoining gallery exhibited the soi parts from the furniture such as cushions and fabric.. From the Very Comfortable series, Princess and the Pea , Fabric, Foam, Furniture, Wood, 8' x 3' x 11', 2013 Front and side views of the sculpture Princess and the Pea, from the exhibiIon, Very Comfortable, at Boehm Gallery, Palomar College, San Marcos, CA. The work was made by deconstrucIng 12 couches sourced through Craigslist Free items. This sculpture was the center piece of two large galleries of work. This gallery exhibited the soi parts from the furniture such as cushions and fabric, and an adjoining gallery exhibited the hard armatures such as springs and frames.