February 27, 2010

Special Mail-Art Surprise
february 27
5 flowers, mail, mailbox
21 Narcissa Drive, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
West Coast Satellite Bonar Family Residency Program
collaboration with Kirsten’s Nana’s garden

February 26, 2010

Breakfast

a performance and installation (in our bellies)

february 26

yogurt, blueberries, omlet, pineapple juice, challah, peanut butter, jelly, coffee

kitchen table

collaboration with Sandra, Merrill, and Jeff Bonar

“Would you and your father please throw away your phones and come sit down for breakfast? We’re having breakfast now.”

February 25, 2010

I Feel Great Today

february 25, 2010

8.5″x11″ piece white computer paper, sharpie, scotch tape, multiple layers of “white” paint (previously installed)

back alley, concrete wall, West Coast Satellite Bonar Family Residency Site

Bonar Family Residency Field Trip: to the West Coast Bonar Family

Exploration and Documentation of Currently Existing Installations Created by Merrill Bonar and Sandra Bonar

February 24

West Coast Senior Bonar Family Residency Satellite Program

In order:

1. 10 years old: Reunions
   Bubbie’s High School Reunion Nametag, my sweater
   Bubbie’s bedroom
2. Magical Cookie Jar
   Bubbie’s Cookie Jar, Azaela flower blooms, cookies
   the kitchen counter (in the Michael-friendly cookie jar)
3. The Refrigerator (performance by Jeff Bonar)
   any various food stuffs you might have consumed or wanted to consume or collect in the last 6 months, the refrigerator
   The Kitchen
4. Recycling (site location 1)
   Ongoing installation by Merrill Bonar
   paper bags, cardboard boxes filled with newspapers.
   Patio bench, near the back-door stairs
5. Recycling (site location 2)
   Ongoing installation by Merrill Bonar
   paper bags, cardboard boxes filled with newspapers.
   High-Up Chair, back of kitchen
6. Meyer Lemon Tree
   Meyer Lemon tree
   Backyard
7. Sled of Stuff
   long wood pieces, recycling bin, wheelbarrow, lattice pieces, metal scraps
   Backyard
8. Hidden Barbecue: Secret Party
   broken barbecue, grill brush
   In and Behind the Pomegranate Tree
9. Chair Party
   2 lounge chairs
   behind the raging rosemary bush, in the small back patio
10. Coffee for Two, Always
    2 coffee mugs, coffee pot, freshly brewed coffee
    Coffee counter, the Kitchen
11. Family
    family photos from approx 1983 – appox 1997, frames
    The Hallway

february 23, 2010

The End of an Era: a de-installation
february 23
pre-haircut beautiful, glorious, 2-year long installation: rat tail 7.65 inches
the right side of my head

DO NOT WORRY, faithful rat-tail followers. It is not gone. Just reduced. That is all. Perhaps it is a step towards being a grown up? Or perhaps it was merely to cut off split ends, and continue on down the road towards Rat-Tail Stardom and Epic Length.

february 22, 2010

(winter-ready) Glamorous Lady-Fingers
february 22
beige knitted gloves, 10 sequins, thread, fabulous fingers
my hands, 10 fingers