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        • A Tautology: Bohn, Boan, Bone, Bown, Bøn, Bauwn
        • Residue of a Gesture: one side of a non-verbal discussion
      • The Way Things Go | Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
      • Rerereading Arrangements
      • Baby & The Nacirema | Luggage Store Gallery
        • Piñata Mobile 2012 Paper materials, wheat paste, dum-dums, mylar, string, cables, steel, and mixed media.
        • The New Colossus (a translation)
        • Lexical Borrowing: Saw Horse by the Sea Shore- Understanding Manifest Destiny
        • "Baby and the Nacirema" @ The Luggage Store Gallery
          • Baby (Medium for Intercultural Navigation) 2011/12 Wood, PVC fabric, aluminum, and mixed media 13' x 6' x 16' (Assembled)
          • Baby (Medium for Intercultural Navigation)
          • Installation Views
          • The Nacirema: a Collection of Essays on the Nacirema People
        • Nacireman Inventions: Cultural Phonemes 2012 Polymer clay and wire Size varies per installation
      • BABY (Medium for Intercultural Navigation) | SF Arts Commission Gallery
      • O.M.G. 2010
        • In Tents: Visualizing Language Generation and Sociopolitics
          • OMG
          • Suburban Blight
          • Tents
          • Porta-Bowl
          • A Window Into The Apocalisp
          • Helter-Shelter
          • Work In Progress
      • Homing Pidgin 2008
        • Simulacrum Santuarium ng mnga Tao sa Islas
        • SPAM/MAPS
        • Spork
        • "Clubs" @ deYoung Museum
          • War Clubs
          • Dance Clubs
      • Montalvo Historical Fabrication and Souvenirs
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      • Concealarium
      • Woven Dollies
      • In Gaud We Trust
      • Eternal Salivation
      • Loping Honoring (a translation/ a correction)
      • El Conquistadork 2004-2007
        • Manila Galleon Trade: Past describes Present
          • El Conquistadork
          • The Maiden Voyage of El Conquistadork
          • Lord of the Files
        • Conquistadourkes
      • Mahogunny
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      • Auspicious Clouds | Heavy Fog
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Michael Arcega
  • Home
  • ARTWORK
    • A collaboration between Michael Arcega and Paolo Asuncion
    • Anthroposeen
    • A Few Hours Into the Future
    • ARCHIVE
      • The Enchanted
      • Anting anting | Magic Objects @ USF
      • A Scene from the Anthropocene | Linfield Gallery
      • ESPYLACOPA
        • Individual works
        • ESPYLACOPA: a place [Installation Views]
      • SF Recology Artist Residency Program
      • Code-Switching | Al Riwak Art Space
        • MOTHERSHIP 2- a proposal
        • Decreolization: an arrangement from dark to light
        • A Tautology: Bohn, Boan, Bone, Bown, Bøn, Bauwn
        • Residue of a Gesture: one side of a non-verbal discussion
      • The Way Things Go | Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
      • Rerereading Arrangements
      • Baby & The Nacirema | Luggage Store Gallery
        • Piñata Mobile 2012 Paper materials, wheat paste, dum-dums, mylar, string, cables, steel, and mixed media.
        • The New Colossus (a translation)
        • Lexical Borrowing: Saw Horse by the Sea Shore- Understanding Manifest Destiny
        • "Baby and the Nacirema" @ The Luggage Store Gallery
          • Baby (Medium for Intercultural Navigation) 2011/12 Wood, PVC fabric, aluminum, and mixed media 13' x 6' x 16' (Assembled)
          • Baby (Medium for Intercultural Navigation)
          • Installation Views
          • The Nacirema: a Collection of Essays on the Nacirema People
        • Nacireman Inventions: Cultural Phonemes 2012 Polymer clay and wire Size varies per installation
      • BABY (Medium for Intercultural Navigation) | SF Arts Commission Gallery
      • O.M.G. 2010
        • In Tents: Visualizing Language Generation and Sociopolitics
          • OMG
          • Suburban Blight
          • Tents
          • Porta-Bowl
          • A Window Into The Apocalisp
          • Helter-Shelter
          • Work In Progress
      • Homing Pidgin 2008
        • Simulacrum Santuarium ng mnga Tao sa Islas
        • SPAM/MAPS
        • Spork
        • "Clubs" @ deYoung Museum
          • War Clubs
          • Dance Clubs
      • Montalvo Historical Fabrication and Souvenirs
        • Montalvo Historical Fabrication & Souvenirs 2012
          • INSTALLATION VIEW: Montalvo Historical Fabrications & Souvenirs
          • SOUVENIRS: Montalvo Historical Fabrications & Souvenirs
          • Public Engagement
      • Concealarium
      • Woven Dollies
      • In Gaud We Trust
      • Eternal Salivation
      • Loping Honoring (a translation/ a correction)
      • El Conquistadork 2004-2007
        • Manila Galleon Trade: Past describes Present
          • El Conquistadork
          • The Maiden Voyage of El Conquistadork
          • Lord of the Files
        • Conquistadourkes
      • Mahogunny
    • Public projects and proposals
      • Wildflowers, Bloom!
      • Auspicious Clouds | Heavy Fog
      • Valencia Street Posts
      • SK8 Monument
      • Crystallization/A Metaphor for Ideas
      • Micromégas: Seeds of Thyme and Space
  • BIO
  • LINKS
  • CV
  • Instagram
  • .
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Baby & The Nacirema | Luggage Store Gallery > Nacireman Inventions: Cultural Phonemes 2012 Polymer clay and wire Size varies per installation

Nacireman Inventions: Cultural Phonemes

2012
Polymer clay and wire
Size varies per installation
Nacireman Inventions: Cultural Phonemes

2012
Polymer clay and wire
Size varies per installation
Nacireman Inventions: Cultural Phonemes

2012
Polymer clay and wire
Size varies per installation
Nacireman Inventions: Cultural Phonemes

2012
Polymer clay and wire
Size varies per installation
Nacireman Inventions: Cultural Phonemes

2012
Polymer clay and wire
Size varies per installation
Nacireman Inventions: Cultural Phonemes

2012
Polymer clay and wire
Size varies per installation
Nacireman Inventions: Cultural Phonemes

2012
Polymer clay and wire
Size varies per installation
Nacireman Inventions: Cultural Phonemes

2012
Polymer clay and wire
Size varies per installation
Nacireman Inventions: Cultural Phonemes

2012
Polymer clay and wire
Size varies per installation
Nacireman Inventions: Cultural Phonemes

2012
Polymer clay and wire
Size varies per installation
Nacireman Inventions: Cultural Phonemes

2012
Polymer clay and wire
Size varies per installation
Nacireman Inventions: Cultural Phonemes

2012
Polymer clay and wire
Size varies per installation
Diving suit invention by H. Houdini
Diving suit invention by H. Houdini
2012

Similar to archeological finds, these small sculptures describe a culture through their tools and implements. Inspired by Netsuke (a japanese miniature sculpture/trinket that secures small bags), these objects are extracted from Nacirema drawings that illustrate their inventions.

© MICHAEL ARCEGA
Website by OtherPeoplesPixels