Comments on: Meat and greet: Introducing Michèle Steinwald http://blogs.walkerart.org/performingarts/2006/10/26/meat-and-greet-introducing-michele-steinwald/ Just another Walker Blogs weblog Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:53:54 -0600 walker_blogs hourly 1 By: Ryan Lane http://blogs.walkerart.org/performingarts/2006/10/26/meat-and-greet-introducing-michele-steinwald/comment-page-1/#comment-314 Ryan Lane Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:10:08 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/performingarts/?p=103#comment-314 Michele, was just doing a little searching and found this after telling someone about the meat dress yesterday. How are you doing these days? Sorry I haven't kept in touch. Michele, was just doing a little searching and found this after telling someone about the meat dress yesterday. How are you doing these days? Sorry I haven’t kept in touch.

]]> By: Visual Arts » Sweater Sculptors http://blogs.walkerart.org/performingarts/2006/10/26/meat-and-greet-introducing-michele-steinwald/comment-page-1/#comment-313 Visual Arts » Sweater Sculptors Thu, 05 Apr 2007 20:36:34 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/performingarts/?p=103#comment-313 [...] digital camera’s video function (she was a shoe-in for the job: as a 17-year-old in Canada, she’d modeled artist Jana Sterbak’s meat dress). Her performance inspired others, including Walker staffers Jeff Hnilicka, Sara Nichol, Brett [...] [...] digital camera’s video function (she was a shoe-in for the job: as a 17-year-old in Canada, she’d modeled artist Jana Sterbak’s meat dress). Her performance inspired others, including Walker staffers Jeff Hnilicka, Sara Nichol, Brett [...]

]]> By: Off Center » Bookshelf: By Hand http://blogs.walkerart.org/performingarts/2006/10/26/meat-and-greet-introducing-michele-steinwald/comment-page-1/#comment-312 Off Center » Bookshelf: By Hand Wed, 15 Nov 2006 21:09:23 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/performingarts/?p=103#comment-312 [...] From the meat dress mentioned here to the sock monkey dress here, I’m going to keep the craft theme alive with a look at the new book By Hand: The Use of Craft in Contemporary Art. In the catalogue for the UK Crafts Council’s 2004 exhibition Boys Who Sew, curator Janice Jeffries defines the term ” to craft”: As a verb, though, “to craft” seemingly means to participate in some small-scale process. This implies several things. First, it affirms the results of involved work. This is not some kind of detached activity… To craft is to care… [It] implies working on a personal scale–acting locally in reaction to anonymous, globalized, industrial production… [...] [...] From the meat dress mentioned here to the sock monkey dress here, I’m going to keep the craft theme alive with a look at the new book By Hand: The Use of Craft in Contemporary Art. In the catalogue for the UK Crafts Council’s 2004 exhibition Boys Who Sew, curator Janice Jeffries defines the term ” to craft”: As a verb, though, “to craft” seemingly means to participate in some small-scale process. This implies several things. First, it affirms the results of involved work. This is not some kind of detached activity… To craft is to care… [It] implies working on a personal scale–acting locally in reaction to anonymous, globalized, industrial production… [...]

]]> By: Michle http://blogs.walkerart.org/performingarts/2006/10/26/meat-and-greet-introducing-michele-steinwald/comment-page-1/#comment-311 Michle Mon, 30 Oct 2006 17:16:00 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/performingarts/?p=103#comment-311 At the fitting/photo shoot, the dress was stretched out flat on the museum floor with only one side and shoulder sewn. I slid my arm in and laid down on the wet, cold, squishy 'fabric', the back was folded over me and the side and shoulder seams finished. It probably took 45 minutes before I was lifted to my feet. The dress weighed 50 pounds so it was difficult to walk without the bell of the dress pushing me off balance. The meat didn't smell so I really didn't think about what I was wearing. There was talk of me wearing the gown at the gallery opening but it really only lasts for an hour before the meat stretches and without warning, falls to the ground. I believe the dress form for the display has hooks to carry the weight as the meat dries out. The things we do for art. Now ask me about the Mission Impossible/Prague/Tom Cruise/absinthe episode. Later! At the fitting/photo shoot, the dress was stretched out flat on the museum floor with only one side and shoulder sewn. I slid my arm in and laid down on the wet, cold, squishy ‘fabric’, the back was folded over me and the side and shoulder seams finished. It probably took 45 minutes before I was lifted to my feet. The dress weighed 50 pounds so it was difficult to walk without the bell of the dress pushing me off balance. The meat didn’t smell so I really didn’t think about what I was wearing.

There was talk of me wearing the gown at the gallery opening but it really only lasts for an hour before the meat stretches and without warning, falls to the ground. I believe the dress form for the display has hooks to carry the weight as the meat dries out. The things we do for art.

Now ask me about the Mission Impossible/Prague/Tom Cruise/absinthe episode.

Later!

]]> By: Reggie http://blogs.walkerart.org/performingarts/2006/10/26/meat-and-greet-introducing-michele-steinwald/comment-page-1/#comment-310 Reggie Mon, 30 Oct 2006 15:53:52 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/performingarts/?p=103#comment-310 Ughhh! Meat dress. Is that really you? OMG I have no idea how (as a vegetarian) could have stomached (ha!) that outfit. How long did it take to get it on, what was it like, etc. Michèle, between the metal skirt and the meat dress you have had been involved in some avant fashion. What's next? Ughhh! Meat dress. Is that really you? OMG I have no idea how (as a vegetarian) could have stomached (ha!) that outfit. How long did it take to get it on, what was it like, etc. Michèle, between the metal skirt and the meat dress you have had been involved in some avant fashion. What’s next?

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