Sunday, September 01, 2013

I, DAUGHTER OF KONG

                                photo credit: Amy Hicks

I was recently invited by the IDOK Center for Research to participate in an exhibition hosted by the Galerija Miroslav Kraljevic in Zagreb, Croatia.  In response to the cultural meme (read below) I created 2 works: "Daughter of Kong Thong" and "Kong-pact." The works were described in the exhibition catalogue as follows:

"The Kong Thong, made in 2003, by the company Victorious Secret, who attempted an I, Daughter of Kong line of Lingerie. The company has since gone out of business."

"Compact exhibited during a feminist group show titled IF KING KONG WERE A LADY SHE WOULD TEAR THIS FUCKING TOWN TO PIECES, 1973, NYC.  The show was raided by police for obscenity during a performance and all the work was confiscated.  This piece was never claimed and finally, in 1989, was auctioned off and purchased by the center."

Thanks to Amy Hicks and Cynthia Mitchell for conceptualizing, and producing the exhibition.


                                                                     photo credit: Amy Hicks
                                   


                                                                      photo credit: Amy Hicks



                                                   photo credit: Amy Hicks



"Kong-Pact" wood, mirror, steel and plastic hairs   photo credit: Amy Hicks

About the I, Daughter of Kong Center for Research:

In 1971 a fragment of film was found in a warehouse on the Hudson River in New York. The film shows fleeting black and white images of a small, blond, seemingly female figure with the head of a movie starlet and the body of an ape. The fragment has generated a great deal of controversy. Is it documentary footage, a hoax, or a piece of lost fiction? The ensuing years have produced much evidence in support of conflicting theories, as well as speculation about the nature and location of this creature. Many people believe that she is the love child of Fay Wray and King Kong. It is said that she is among us, somewhere in solitude. Some believe she is a sign of The End or of The Beginning; perhaps even the second coming of a new Christ. Some say she is just a poor freak, a sad accident escaped from a Soviet laboratory… Others say that she doesn’t exist at all.

The I, Daughter of Kong Center for Research collects and documents material evidence, testimonials, and cultural artifacts related to the existence of I, Daughter of Kong.


The IDOK Center for Research would like to thank the following individual for contributing evidence: Lara Allen, David Brinley, Nathan Brown, Sarah Glanville, Amy Hicks, Cynthia Mitchell, JeffreyMoser, Selma H. Muller, Sandi Petrie, Christine Shields, Carrie Mae Smith, Anjali Sundaram, and Alyssa Taylor Wendt.

I, Daughter of Kong Center for Research

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