The Fluff Constructivists
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Fluff Constructivists (also known as the Fluff Construct) collaborative art entity began in 2000 in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Principal members Ethan Kruszka and Mikel Bisbee-Durlam combine elements of adolescent fantasmagoria with post-situationist interventions in order to create images, scenes and experiences reminicent of traveling carnivals, regional museums and B-grade horror films. Fluff Constuctivism draws from modern strains of formalism, post-minimalism and the dangerous realm of county-fair aesthetics. The work ardently resists interpretation through a complete disavowal of institutionalized categories of contemporary art movements and instead simply asks viewers to indulge in the spectacular act of engaging.
[edit] Major works
- gift by/as/for location. IA, MN, NY, FL, 2001-present
- transatlantic (in orange). NY, FL, IL, Netherlands, 2002-3
- Parumpa and the Uber-Decoration. FL, 2003-4
- Stages in Short Gasps. FL, NY, 2004
- Thornton Biennial (and 2004's Kruszka Pavilion). IA, 2004-ongoing
- Enter Starbreath (with the Meme-Rider Media Team). FL, 2005 [1]
- Frontiers At Dawn. FL, 2005-6 [2]
- October Funeral. FL, 2006
- The Bats Will Cum: The Drain/ The Bats Will Cum: Antecedents. FL, 2007
- The Black Black. Romania, 2007
- Motion Picture (never to see the light of day). AK, 2008
[edit] External links
- www.thefluffconstruct.com Artists' Website
- Artist Profile at Tampa Bay and Beyond
- Dawn of the Undead: Frontiers At Dawn from The Tampa Tribune
- Frontiers At Dawn from the St. Petersburg Times
- Frontiers At Dawn Covivant Gallery
- For All The Wrong Reasons Contemporary Art Museum of the University of South Florida
- Glitter Chariot the Band
- Lost Camp Records Artists' Record Label