Catheter Bag Cozy

installation including photographs and a hand-knit vinyl tubing sculpture that is continuously pumped with blue liquid
Artwork

Catheter Bag Cozy

2001
mixed media installation with hand-knit sculpture made with 500 feet of clear vinyl tubing, blue food coloring, water, electric pump, knitting needles, catheter bag, chromogenic prints
installation dimensions variable, prints: 11 H × 14 W in (27.94 H × 35.56 W cm) each

Catheter Bag Cozy is a mixed media installation with a speculative apparatus that pumps a continuous flow of blue liquid through clear vinyl tubing. The tubing begins as a tidy ball of "yarn" holding knitting needles and flows through a hand-knit cozy wrapped around a catheter bag. The liquid continually drips onto cotton padding that is hand-embroidered with the text "familiarity breeds contempt". The photographs allude to the absorbency tests of hygiene product advertisements.

Catheter Bag Cozy is a mixed media installation with a speculative apparatus that pumps a continuous flow of blue liquid through clear vinyl tubing. The tubing begins as a tidy ball of "yarn" holding knitting needles and flows through a hand-knit cozy wrapped around a catheter bag. The liquid continually drips onto cotton padding that is hand-embroidered with the text "familiarity breeds contempt". The photographs allude to the absorbency tests of hygiene product advertisements.

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San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery
Murphy and Cadogan Award
Mills College