http://paulshortt.com Paul Shortt Thu, 17 May 2012 00:38:34 +0000 http://paulshortt.com en http://paulshortt.com/Please-NO-Photos http://paulshortt.com/following/paulshortt.com/Please-NO-Photos Thu, 17 May 2012 00:38:34 +0000 Paul Shortt 3420589 <img src="http://payload56.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/3420589/Allerton Park.jpg" width="670" height="436" width_o="2048" height_o="1335" src_o="http://payload56.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/3420589/Allerton Park_o.jpg" data-mid="17602058" border="0" align="left"/> This is a new body of work where I've been taking an enlarged no photos icon and taking it to various locations around Illinois and photographing it. <img src="http://payload56.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/3420589/POLICE FINAL.jpg" width="670" height="469" width_o="2048" height_o="1434" src_o="http://payload56.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/3420589/POLICE FINAL_o.jpg" data-mid="17602237" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload56.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/3420589/Alma.jpg" width="670" height="468" width_o="2048" height_o="1432" src_o="http://payload56.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/3420589/Alma_o.jpg" data-mid="17602077" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload56.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/3420589/Industrial working.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" src_o="http://payload56.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/3420589/Industrial working_o.jpg" data-mid="17602203" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload56.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/3420589/Courthouse.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" src_o="http://payload56.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/3420589/Courthouse_o.jpg" data-mid="17602112" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload56.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/3420589/Farm.jpg" width="670" height="439" width_o="2048" height_o="1342" src_o="http://payload56.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/3420589/Farm_o.jpg" data-mid="17602154" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload56.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/3420589/Final ALLERTON.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" src_o="http://payload56.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/3420589/Final ALLERTON_o.jpg" data-mid="17602179" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload56.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/3420589/Mall Wall.jpg" width="670" height="442" width_o="2048" height_o="1354" src_o="http://payload56.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/3420589/Mall Wall_o.jpg" data-mid="17602222" border="0" align="left"/> http://paulshortt.com/How-To-Be-Narcissistic http://paulshortt.com/following/paulshortt.com/How-To-Be-Narcissistic Wed, 16 May 2012 06:39:10 +0000 Paul Shortt 3413773 <img src="http://payload55.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/3413773/narcissism at the speak easy.jpg" width="670" height="490" width_o="2048" height_o="1498" src_o="http://payload55.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/3413773/narcissism at the speak easy_o.jpg" data-mid="17567118" border="0" align="left"/> How To Be Narcissistic: A Workshop and Performance in collaboration with Rhiannon Birdsall as part of The Speakeasy. <img src="http://payload55.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/3413773/Pick Your Symptom.jpg" width="670" height="444" width_o="2048" height_o="1357" src_o="http://payload55.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/3413773/Pick Your Symptom_o.jpg" data-mid="17567224" border="0" align="left"/> Choose Your Condition: The event started with everyone picking a name tag that best described their narcissism. From that point the conversations started. We discussed our intent to bring the ego and self into an art event that was largely community based socially engaged art. Then moving into a larger cultural discussion about narcissisms role in culture, and careers. <img src="http://payload55.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/3413773/Facebook 2.jpg" width="670" height="378" width_o="2048" height_o="1155" src_o="http://payload55.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/3413773/Facebook 2_o.jpg" data-mid="17566837" border="0" align="left"/> Upload Five Images of Yourself with egotistic statements. <img src="http://payload55.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/3413773/Facebook Update Photos.jpg" width="670" height="1005" width_o="2048" height_o="3072" src_o="http://payload55.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/3413773/Facebook Update Photos_o.jpg" data-mid="17566878" border="0" align="left"/> MAKE YOUR OWN AWARD: <img src="http://payload55.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/3413773/Awesomeness.jpg" width="670" height="1005" width_o="2048" height_o="3072" src_o="http://payload55.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/3413773/Awesomeness_o.jpg" data-mid="17566528" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload55.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/3413773/In Showing UP.jpg" width="670" height="1004" width_o="2048" height_o="3071" src_o="http://payload55.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/3413773/In Showing UP_o.jpg" data-mid="17567001" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload55.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/3413773/For lots.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" src_o="http://payload55.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/3413773/For lots_o.jpg" data-mid="17566939" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload55.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/3413773/Pierree award.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" src_o="http://payload55.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/3413773/Pierree award_o.jpg" data-mid="17567238" border="0" align="left"/> Participants created their own awards and speeches which were then presented to them. <img src="http://payload55.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/3413773/Making Certificates.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" src_o="http://payload55.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/3413773/Making Certificates_o.jpg" data-mid="17567020" border="0" align="left"/> A GRAND EXIT: <img src="http://payload55.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/3413773/The Grand Exit.jpg" width="670" height="860" width_o="2048" height_o="2629" src_o="http://payload55.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/3413773/The Grand Exit_o.jpg" data-mid="17567249" border="0" align="left"/> Make a Grand Exit <img src="http://payload55.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/3413773/Clayton and Pierre.jpg" width="670" height="392" width_o="2048" height_o="1200" src_o="http://payload55.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/3413773/Clayton and Pierre_o.jpg" data-mid="17566766" border="0" align="left"/> Pierre showing off his hand drawn movie posters. http://paulshortt.com/Paul-Shortt-Shocks-Chicago http://paulshortt.com/following/paulshortt.com/Paul-Shortt-Shocks-Chicago Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:25:05 +0000 Paul Shortt 2520179 <img src="http://payload11.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/2520179/Paul shortt shocks chigaog.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" src_o="http://payload11.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/2520179/Paul shortt shocks chigaog_o.jpg" data-mid="12716623" border="0" align="left"/> On the occasion of my first art show in Chicago I walked around the gallery shaking hands with people and shocking them with a classic hand buzzer gag. After I would shock them I would give them the hand buzzer to carry on the gag. As the opening progressed every few minutes I would here the sounds of the hand buzzers going off as those who had been gagged by the buzzers passed it on. <img src="http://payload11.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/2520179/_MG_1993.jpg" width="670" height="547" width_o="2048" height_o="1673" src_o="http://payload11.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/2520179/_MG_1993_o.jpg" data-mid="12716574" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload11.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/2520179/buzzers.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" src_o="http://payload11.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/2520179/buzzers_o.jpg" data-mid="12716598" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload11.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/2520179/shock chi.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" src_o="http://payload11.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/2520179/shock chi_o.jpg" data-mid="12716640" border="0" align="left"/> http://paulshortt.com/Corner-Piece http://paulshortt.com/following/paulshortt.com/Corner-Piece Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:05:08 +0000 Paul Shortt 2460652 <img src="http://payload8.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/2460652/Time Out Zone Website.jpg" width="670" height="417" width_o="2048" height_o="1276" src_o="http://payload8.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/2460652/Time Out Zone Website_o.jpg" data-mid="12402306" border="0" align="left"/> This sign directs the participant into time out, while the sign is conforming to the space. <img src="http://payload8.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/2460652/put and paticipant.jpg" width="670" height="632" width_o="2048" height_o="1934" src_o="http://payload8.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/2460652/put and paticipant_o.jpg" data-mid="12403567" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload8.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/2460652/Time Out Corner2 website.jpg" width="670" height="1004" width_o="2048" height_o="3071" src_o="http://payload8.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/2460652/Time Out Corner2 website_o.jpg" data-mid="12402310" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload8.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/2460652/16.jpg" width="670" height="1217" width_o="2254" height_o="4096" src_o="http://payload8.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/2460652/16_o.jpg" data-mid="12403561" border="0" align="left"/> http://paulshortt.com/Please-Do-Not-Climb http://paulshortt.com/following/paulshortt.com/Please-Do-Not-Climb Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:00:20 +0000 Paul Shortt 2460627 This is a video I made with my Please Do Not Climb On The Sculpture, bleachers. In it I attempt to find my place within public art. <img src="http://payload8.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/2460627/Please Climb Sculpture Website.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" src_o="http://payload8.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/2460627/Please Climb Sculpture Website_o.jpg" data-mid="12402185" border="0" align="left"/> This piece is made to read "Please Climb Sculpture" from far away, and when you get up close to reveal that it says "Please Do Not Climb On The Sculpture". <img src="http://payload8.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/2460627/Please do not website.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" src_o="http://payload8.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/2460627/Please do not website_o.jpg" data-mid="12402191" border="0" align="left"/> The piece both denies you from sitting, while half inviting you to sit down. <img src="http://payload8.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/2460627/Install 2 website.jpg" width="670" height="447" width_o="2048" height_o="1366" src_o="http://payload8.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/2460627/Install 2 website_o.jpg" data-mid="12402177" border="0" align="left"/> http://paulshortt.com/ROFL-CON http://paulshortt.com/following/paulshortt.com/ROFL-CON Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:55:52 +0000 Paul Shortt 2460605 <img src="http://payload8.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/2460605/547983_343990292327011_493008213_n.jpg" width="658" height="698" width_o="658" height_o="698" src_o="http://payload8.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/2460605/547983_343990292327011_493008213_n_o.jpg" data-mid="17475898" border="0" align="left"/> This is a hand-cut carpet that takes the phrase roll on the floor laughing, which is often used in text messages and online and recreates it as a site for performing the act of rolling on the floor laughing. <img src="http://payload8.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/2460605/ROFL CON 2 website.jpg" width="670" height="953" width_o="2048" height_o="2915" src_o="http://payload8.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/2460605/ROFL CON 2 website_o.jpg" data-mid="12402119" border="0" align="left"/> Making the carpet red is a play on rolling out the red carpet for entertainers. I think of the internet as a place for entertainment and stardom of sorts. Many people are presenting themselves online, and everyone wants attention. <img src="http://payload8.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/2460605/ROFL CON detail for website.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" src_o="http://payload8.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/2460605/ROFL CON detail for website_o.jpg" data-mid="12402124" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload8.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/2460605/Dietz on rofl con.JPG" width="670" height="502" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" src_o="http://payload8.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/2460605/Dietz on rofl con_o.JPG" data-mid="12402131" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload8.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/2460605/557474_329552830437424_158984367494272_897725_1065856088_n.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="850" height_o="567" src_o="http://payload8.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/2460605/557474_329552830437424_158984367494272_897725_1065856088_n_o.jpg" data-mid="17475894" border="0" align="left"/> (image courtesy of Fictilus) http://paulshortt.com/Pillory-for-Market-Place-Mall http://paulshortt.com/following/paulshortt.com/Pillory-for-Market-Place-Mall Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:45:52 +0000 Paul Shortt 2065302 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/2065302/Pillory 1.jpg" width="670" height="329" width_o="2048" height_o="1006" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/2065302/Pillory 1_o.jpg" data-mid="10353451" border="0" align="left"/> This is a mirrored pillory that I made and installed for an evening in Market Place Mall in Champaign, IL <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/2065302/Pillory 2.jpg" width="670" height="935" width_o="2048" height_o="2860" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/2065302/Pillory 2_o.jpg" data-mid="10353338" border="0" align="left"/> When viewing someone in the pillory the watcher is confronted with their own image being reflected back at them. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/2065302/me 5.jpg" width="670" height="1005" width_o="2048" height_o="3072" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/2065302/me 5_o.jpg" data-mid="10353322" border="0" align="left"/> For many years I've worked retail, and in fact at the time of this intervention worked a few stores down from this site. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/2065302/Maria 1.jpg" width="670" height="934" width_o="2048" height_o="2857" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/2065302/Maria 1_o.jpg" data-mid="10353281" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/2065302/new maria.jpg" width="670" height="436" width_o="2048" height_o="1334" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/2065302/new maria_o.jpg" data-mid="10353494" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/2065302/Maria 6.jpg" width="670" height="1108" width_o="2048" height_o="3389" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/2065302/Maria 6_o.jpg" data-mid="10353290" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/2065302/Me as a Child.jpg" width="670" height="759" width_o="2048" height_o="2322" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/2065302/Me as a Child_o.jpg" data-mid="10353305" border="0" align="left"/> This is some rough video footage of me in the pillory. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/2065302/13.jpg" width="670" height="764" width_o="2048" height_o="2336" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/2065302/13_o.jpg" data-mid="12403743" border="0" align="left"/> These are some shots of participants in a gallery. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/2065302/ben and halli 2.jpg" width="670" height="483" width_o="2048" height_o="1477" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/2065302/ben and halli 2_o.jpg" data-mid="10353272" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/2065302/Halli and people.jpg" width="670" height="500" width_o="2048" height_o="1530" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/2065302/Halli and people_o.jpg" data-mid="10353278" border="0" align="left"/> http://paulshortt.com/Free-Poster http://paulshortt.com/following/paulshortt.com/Free-Poster Tue, 10 May 2011 02:49:36 +0000 Paul Shortt 1420943 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/1420943/(smaller) small yellow.jpg" width="670" height="1047" width_o="2048" height_o="3201" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/1420943/(smaller) small yellow_o.jpg" data-mid="6921415" border="0" align="left"/> When I presented Resist at a show in Chicago everyone liked the free poster sign I made to advertise it that it became its own piece. Sold in an edition of 120 prints, or free individually. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/1420943/3.jpg" width="670" height="508" width_o="2048" height_o="1553" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/1420943/3_o.jpg" data-mid="12454730" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/1420943/(smaller) small orange.jpg" width="670" height="992" width_o="2048" height_o="3034" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/1420943/(smaller) small orange_o.jpg" data-mid="6921399" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/1420943/(smaller) small blue.jpg" width="670" height="964" width_o="2048" height_o="2946" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/1420943/(smaller) small blue_o.jpg" data-mid="6921378" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/1420943/(smaller) Free Small pink close up.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/1420943/(smaller) Free Small pink close up_o.jpg" data-mid="6921367" border="0" align="left"/> Free Poster, 18 x 24 inches, 2011 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/1420943/(smaller) 2 big yellow.jpg" width="670" height="875" width_o="2048" height_o="2676" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/1420943/(smaller) 2 big yellow_o.jpg" data-mid="6921519" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/1420943/(smaller) Big red.jpg" width="670" height="941" width_o="2048" height_o="2879" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/1420943/(smaller) Big red_o.jpg" data-mid="6921525" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/1420943/(smaller) Free green big close up.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/1420943/(smaller) Free green big close up_o.jpg" data-mid="6921531" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/1420943/(smaller) pink big.jpg" width="670" height="922" width_o="2048" height_o="2820" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/1420943/(smaller) pink big_o.jpg" data-mid="6921537" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/1420943/(Smaller) Purple big.jpg" width="670" height="959" width_o="2048" height_o="2933" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/1420943/(Smaller) Purple big_o.jpg" data-mid="6921544" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/1420943/ (smaller) free BIg Yellow close up.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/1420943/ (smaller) free BIg Yellow close up_o.jpg" data-mid="6921555" border="0" align="left"/> Free Poster, 24 x 36 inches, 2011 http://paulshortt.com/It-s-Simple-But-Complicated http://paulshortt.com/following/paulshortt.com/It-s-Simple-But-Complicated Sat, 23 Apr 2011 03:26:18 +0000 Paul Shortt 1299194 This is a series of videos where I attempt to do simple actions which have larger more complicated cultural meanings. In the first in this series Fly the Flag I attempt to get the American flag to fly at full mast but encounter numerous pitfalls and setbacks. In this video I have a breakdown of sorts on the side of the road. This body of work is still in progress. http://paulshortt.com/Resist http://paulshortt.com/following/paulshortt.com/Resist Mon, 04 Apr 2011 02:26:49 +0000 Paul Shortt 1258839 This is a free screen printed poster on 18x24 inch construction paper. If you would like a free copy please e-mail me, and I will mail you one in exchange for a photo of where you place it. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/1258839/artsplosia-14.jpg" width="670" height="536" width_o="1600" height_o="1280" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/1258839/artsplosia-14_o.jpg" data-mid="6113104" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/1258839/resist 2.jpg" width="670" height="931" width_o="1500" height_o="2085" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/1258839/resist 2_o.jpg" data-mid="6107629" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/1258839/Resist poster.jpg" width="670" height="920" width_o="1979" height_o="2720" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/1258839/Resist poster_o.jpg" data-mid="6107633" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/1258839/Back text.jpg" width="670" height="454" width_o="2048" height_o="1389" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/1258839/Back text_o.jpg" data-mid="6107604" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/1258839/table cropped.jpg" width="670" height="370" width_o="2048" height_o="1132" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/1258839/table cropped_o.jpg" data-mid="6087441" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/1258839/roll up_4.jpg" width="670" height="977" width_o="2048" height_o="2989" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/1258839/roll up_4_o.jpg" data-mid="6087243" border="0" align="left"/> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-5642258-2']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/1258839/Photo on 2011-04-10 at 19.51.jpg" width="640" height="480" width_o="640" height_o="480" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/18694/1258839/Photo on 2011-04-10 at 19.51_o.jpg" data-mid="11803256" border="0" align="left"/> Image of the poster in Marina's room.