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Twins!

I went to the Twinsburg, Ohio Twins Days Festival.
Lots of twins, lots of matching outfits, and a few scientific research booths looking to pay the twins $150 for medical research.

Going to the festival, I felt in touch with what Diane Arbus must have felt. Am I creating documentation? Am I "outing" the strange? Or am I learning something new about my self, and about my mother (whom is a twin actually). Obviously when looking at these images, an immediate visual comparison ensues. What is it like to have a living mirror, a clone? What are the similarities, what are the differences?

photography 2008

"American Suburban Pools"
These photos were taken in Parma, Ohio of pools that belonged to next-door neighbors.




"Between Asleep and Awake"
A re-creation of interior light that I perceived during intimate moments; Nan Goldin influenced.

Ingenuity Festival 2008

Public Interactive Projection - "PIP"

The piece was shown in an urban alley as part of the ALL GO SIGNS section of the Ingenuity Festival here in Cleveland. The audience was invited to create transparent and opaque images onto an overhead projector.

Like excitable moths, the audience swarmed to the light table...realizing their stream-of-consciousness into cut paper, plastic, sequins, beads, and markers.

A special thanks to Chuck and Mark for the opportunity, and Sam for the crafty supplies!

ROLLER DERBY portraits

"Hellbombers Team photo"


"Dagney Taghurt of the Rolling Pin-Ups"

"Ufology" painting series

"UFOLOGY": paintings about the "Bigger Picture"
by Michelle Marie Murphy

The inspiration for these watercolor paintings came from web searched UFO photos. Although some of these images may leave the viewer with an obvious explanation; I would like the viewer to contemplate their own thoughts about life beyond Earth.

“Ufology” are painted from internet sightings of a cloud (resembling an UFO), a lens flare, the reflection of a hotel light in the window, and even controversially convincing photos of natural phenomena. Through this work, I hope to reveal the American optimism… that there is something bigger than us out there.

This series is for "believers” and skeptics alike.

"the Future Collective"

"Checking Booth"
performance/installation


(left) wall detail





Viewers were invited to "check" me in a flatrack roller derby legal hit, in exchange for writing down a "grievance" that they have on a dry erase board.

This exchange with my audience was successful in a couple of ways: they were allowed to vent, and then welcome to take their stress out on me physically.
Many people left the installation feeling empowered and relieved.

A special thanks to DJ Olive for the opportunity, Sam and Chris for help with the installation, and Matt for the documentation.