2005-11-15T15:44:00.000-08:00

Flying Horse-Bird

2001-2003

Mask: feathers, deer teeth, shell, found objects

Suit: knitted wool & acrylic, deer bones, found objects

Untitled~Work in progress

86" X 60"

Quilt: silk, glass beads

VEGETABLE MANUSCRIPT SERIES

2005

Sliced & pressed vegetables set in light box

After careful reflection on the cosmic tendencies; I recover evidence.

Past experiences almost lost to memory

Our fabric is embroidered with the paths of planets and the tracks of beasts

This is the evidence, the techniques

Abrupt dislocations of time and space.

In a boat immersed in still water and silence

a collapsing of my rational senses begins

at twilight I come to see you

Our sleep is deeper than death

we bite shapes out of red glass and toss them into the sky, they hang there and turn the stars into blood

"have you brought it?" I wispered, "the evidence of time and space?"

your eyes flicker with moonlight, you shed your skin and toss it into the still water.

A rythmic formula of soft breath

a dance which is holy

twisting their bodies into hideous shapes, their feet leave impressions of animals claws

their lessons taught in riddle

their teeth falling at my feet

their bodies reduce to specks of green glitter, sink with the flames back into the cinders.

LAUGHING BULL

digital photogragh 2005

FISH SERIES UNTITLED

Digital photograghs 2005

Costumes: stained coffee filters, interfacing stained with vegetable juice

MYTH #8

2001

Mask: clay, paint, fiberglass & resin

I saw you sometimes by the door, standing on the verge of space

It was something akin to memory

An awakening into numerous atmospheres

Your words were liquid as they swam up to my face and seeped into my skin,

"Portions of the truth have been given to us"

We travel over bridges and between dreams

Rooms change as we enter them and change as we leave

With the consistency of shadows your body merges from time to time.

DOUBLE HEADED SERPENT-BIRD

2001

Hand dyed silk, glass beads, bone & shell

BLOOD BULL

2001

Mask: painted leather Suit: hand-spun cotton & wool

COPPER DRAGON

2005

Clay & paint over copper leaf

UNTITLED

DRAGON SCALE CLOAK with MOON MASK

2005

Mask: silk over paper Cloak: silk

Michele Basta