Corinne Beardsley: The Companion
The Companion is a crude life-size foam puppet Beardsley performed with in her Brooklyn apartment during isolation in the first few months of Covid 2020. Through observational humor and parodying the theater of influence, The Companion was 鈥渢hriving in uncertain times鈥�. Embedded in this project is the Pygmalion / Galatea power dynamic between the sculptor and enlivened object of affection. The two performed their own reality show, highlighting the absurdity of quarantining with a puppet boyfriend, and #relationshipgoals.
In celebration of The Companion鈥檚 fifth birthday this March, Practice Gallery is revisiting this performance. The audience is invited to select a random prompt to get to know The Companion in the domestic installation. Practice Gallery also presents photo albums, videos, and ephemera from the 2020 and 2021 performances.
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The Companion is a crude life-size foam puppet Beardsley performed with in her Brooklyn apartment during isolation in the first few months of Covid 2020. Through observational humor and parodying the theater of influence, The Companion was 鈥渢hriving in uncertain times鈥�. Embedded in this project is the Pygmalion / Galatea power dynamic between the sculptor and enlivened object of affection. The two performed their own reality show, highlighting the absurdity of quarantining with a puppet boyfriend, and #relationshipgoals.
In celebration of The Companion鈥檚 fifth birthday this March, Practice Gallery is revisiting this performance. The audience is invited to select a random prompt to get to know The Companion in the domestic installation. Practice Gallery also presents photo albums, videos, and ephemera from the 2020 and 2021 performances.
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