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The Heart of America, 2009
Looped two-channel video with self-composed soundtrack, hand cast ceramic pistols and American flag
From May 2008-May 2009, we performed the New American Cowboy Project under the names Beauregard and Lily Mae Sage. This construction assumed the outward appearance of an American icon: the cowboy.
Using our bodies as catalysts, we soon found ourselves regularly engaged in conversations about America: what it meant to be patriotic, what the “cowboy as symbol” continues to represent in the world, and what we as Americans must do to transition successfully and meaningfully into the future.
