Boobs and Dinks | Hung #3 | The Haircut

Shannon Gerard launches her works Boobs and Dinks: Early Detection Kits and Hung no. 3: Lonely Tylenol by guiding the audience through a collective self-examination of their swimming suit areas. stef lenk asks participants to dig for anatomical treasures in her life-sized game of Operation, and releases The Haircut (chapter 3 in an ongoing graphic novel).

Damian Rogers and Emily Schultz will co-host and interview the authors!

Boobs & Dinks is a multi-dimensional body of work which began in 2007 with the creation of Early Detection Kits—crocheted breasts and penises containing small lumps that can be found by following illustrated instructions in screenprinted booklets. Even though the plush multiples contain a sinister possibility—garden pebbles stand in for possibly malignant tumors—interacting with the project is a calming exercise. Boobs & Dinks touches people's fears and human underbellies through the traditional, "soft" form of crochet. Broadly, the project initiates conversations about our bodies and confronts the idea of human frailty.