Lady Scumbag 2.0 + LSB Institute

Lady Scumbag 2.0

September 4 – October 6, 2018

Pomona College Chan Gallery
Studio Art Hall Room #123
370 Columbia Ave.

RECEPTION: September 27th | 3:00-4:30p

Through public engagement, this ongoing project promotes the visibility of a new feminine archetype: the Lady Scumbag. Operating outside the normal behavior we expect from good girls, this archetype is self-interested, pleasure-oriented, and fueled by an insatiable appetite for life. Taking Her desires seriously, the LSB never thinks twice to tweak Her performance of femininity in order to get what she wants, and uses whatever She has at hand to produce Her own privilege.

In naming her, Lady Scumbag becomes an attitude that can be accessed by anyone, and the Ladyscumbag.com website is an archive of past contributors channeling their own versions of LSB. This installation at the Chan Gallery showcases the works of this diverse group of contributors-bringing them from online to offline. Taking the cloud as inspiration for its form, Lady Scumbag 2.0 presents the work of past LSBs in order to inspire future LSBs to come out of the woodwork and become part of the movement. This installation is a call for contributors: if the figure of Lady Scumbag resonates with you, we invite you to add your voice and vision to Ladyscumbag.com

Featuring work by:

Ali Kheradyar
Amber McCall
Anonymous LSB
Cole James
Donna Dolore
Emily Joyce
Ilona Szwarc
Jasmine Nyende and FUPU
Kim Ye
laub
Meital Yaniv
Micol Hebron
Nina Sarnelle
Vanessa Conte
Vicki Syal
Xina Xurner feat. San Cha w/ Jacinto Astiazarán

The LSB Institute

October 6, 2018 | 2:00-5:00pm

Pomona College Chan Gallery
Studio Art Hall Room #123
370 Columbia Ave.

Here at LSB, we are developing a pseudo­-sociological survey to better understand the ways in which humans adapt, conform, and/or break free from our various cultural institutions. In order to add to our body of knowledge, we are calling for self­ selected participants to take part in our filmed interview series. Participants will be able to affect the intensity of their interview questions, and will have the option to take part in this experiment anonymously.

This event will be kicked off with a live performance “Face On” by LA­-based artist Thinh Nguyen at 2:00pm

From the artist:

Set up as a “makeup tutorial” in front of a camera phone on a tripod, I put on successive layers of makeup, turning my skin into “white” without a mirror. Afterwards viewers are encouraged to carry out the demonstrated challenge of doing makeup without mirrors and posted on their social media handle #nomirrormakeupchallenge

The performance will be followed by a casual Q+A with Lady Scumbag contributors Thinh Nguyen, Ali Kheradyar, Vanessa Conte, and Vicki Syal before we embark on the participant survey developed and administered by Pomona College video art student researchers.

LSB Institute was conceptualized and organized by Vicki Syal and Kim Ye