Call Your Mom.
"Call Your Mom" is a public installation I did on the Stony Brook Campus for Unbound, which is part of the Shirley Strum Kenny Art Festival.
I constructed 45 small ramekin cakes out of felt and hung these from the lower branches from a single tree on campus, located outside the south side of the library. The bottom of each cake is embroidered with a piece of face-value advice on small things one can do to lead a more fulfilling life and improve their interactions with others. To wit : "Call your mom", "Avoid trans fats", "Say 'please' and 'thank you'", "Don't yell." By using common crafters materials, I hope that my project has an accessible, handmade simplicity to it. I am not attempting to be profound, shock, or make a statement. By contrast, I aim to amuse and charm.
Click here to listen to Alton Frabetti, curator of Unbound, talk about the installation on Stony Brook Radio.
The complete set of photos may be viewed here.
12 April 2007