I Have Taught Myself to Dance Alone
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Nico Wilkinson, I Have Taught Myself to Dance Alone, Part of The Labyrinth Beneath Your Feet series, 2025, Multimedia Sculpture, Over 40,000 mirror tiles
Part of the series entitled "The Labyrinth Beneath Your Feet," this mirror ball in the shape of the minotaur is an homage to and a mourning of the community spaces, queer bars, clubs, and open mics, that I once considered a second home, but are now inaccessible due to widespread covid denial. The words "WHAT IS AROUND YOU IS WHAT IS INSIDE YOU" are projected from the bottom of the piece, a reminder of our interdependence on our environments and each other, and our direct impact on the health and well-being of those around us.
The title of the piece is inspired by a lyric from the song "Minotaur Forgiving Knossos" by Moonface.
Project Notes
Far-fetched Idea, part of the the minotaur as a metaphor for long covid tip I'm on
10-12-25
Projector breakthrough.
Make the text see-through, and the rest black!
Also, include a lens. Might need to be a special lens, but I think I have a magnifying glass I can try
Heller Center Studio Notes
hook height - 131 inches
apse area - 145 * 145
as of 10-1-25
spinning paper mache disco ball with projector inside? projects labyrinth down onto the floor?
Paper mache head made! Working on the projector. Thinking a sunset lamp might be cool as the light source, with the words
Original Ideas
half mask with one way vision message in eyes:
you see a room of unmasked people, i see
then it's COVID safe if it's just a mask the person can step behind
can I write on a screen? what would that look like?
I Have Taught Myself to Dance Alone with AUDIO PLAYING INSIDE
"HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE INFECTIOUS IN THIS ROOM?..
"HOW MANY MORE TIMES CAN YOU STAND TO GET COVID?
IRONICALLY THIS MIGHT NOT BE COVID CAUTIOUS AS AN IDEA
Disco ball???
Got big ball from WGAS. Chicken wire for other structures? Ears, horns, etc? Real horns?
Chicken wire minotaur of a sculpture - like a ghost
"You wouldn't see it, if not for my mask"
For once the mask tells the truth
Use old bike helmet?