Swoon Unit / I Licked A Toad And I Liked It, Collagism
Swoon Unit / I Licked A Toad And I Liked It, Collagism, 2020
Swoon Unit / I Licked A Toad And I Liked It, Collagism, 2020
ABOUT THE PIECE
Swoon Unit / I licked a toad and I liked it is a brand new collaged print from Collagism. Undoubtedly one of the strangest things people have done to elicit a recreational high is to lick a toad — in particular, the cane toad which produces the chemical 5-methoxy-N, N-dimethyltryptamine which makes the world melt into a psychedelic swirl of bliss. Such feelings and visions can be similar to when we experience the dizzying heights of love in a place called Swoontown. The piece titled Swoon Unit (after Frank Zappa's kid Moon Unit), was made in part whilst recently on an artist residency at Chinatown Soup NYC, smitten, full to the brim with love and high on adrenaline! During that period of the residency I was chronically ill yet was soldiering on committed to my project - however, things escalated health wise and I ended up in the hospital back in London and bedridden for 6 weeks and recovering for 3 months, undoubtedly this has changed my life forever looking back at the whole surreal experience has me wondering did I lick a toad and did I like it?
DETAILS
Analogue and Digital Collage
A0 - 84.1 X 118.9 CM
PRICE
$795. For sale enquires contact hello@verminthelabel.com
ARTIST BIO
COLLAGISM, aka Holly-Anne Buck, is an Australian artist living and practicing in London, United Kingdom. She completed her Bachelor of Multimedia at RMIT in 2004. Her multidisciplinary work has been shown widely around the world. As an artist and producer she has worked with longtime collaborator Adam Milburn on their project Mink Engine which they formed whilst living for several years in Tokyo. Their work has been shown at art institutions, museums and festivals. They have toured the world performing in cities such as Shanghai, Tokyo, London and Berlin. The pair also had their musical and video work shown on national television and played on national radio in Australia. Namely they were regulars on Kiss FM and had music featured on Ministry of Sound Radio.