Paul Shortt
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  • Farewell To Adulthood
  • Signs to Change Cincinnati Flood Warning Common Words Time & Emergency Signs
  • Signs for the Future Reserved For Loitering Don't Let Adulthood Corrupt You What's Your Sign?
  • How to Art Book Fair Books 2020-Present Books 2019 Books 2018 Books 2012-2017 Recent Editions Editions Book Advice
  • Signs To Change Your City Signs for Artists Language of NO
  • Reserved for Loitering Loiter Here Loitering Editions
  • Role Playing Elementary Solo Play
  • Essentially Qualified How To Be A Professional Amateur 5 Star Ratings Please No Photos It's Simple But Complicated How To Be Narcissistic How To Do Interventions Interactive Sculptures and Prints Modern Greetings & Contemporary Farewells Missed Connections The Business of Selling Yourself
  • The Lawn Chair Talks County Wandering The How To Video Festival Full Dome Projection Series Colores Excerpts: Molly Springfield Metaphrase: Jeremy Flick & Jon Malis Adapt/Adorn
  • About
  • CV
  • Shortt Editions

Paul Shortt

  • Paul Shortt/
  • Painted Sign Works/
    • Farewell To Adulthood
  • Vinyl Sign Works/
    • Signs to Change Cincinnati
    • Flood Warning
    • Common Words
    • Time & Emergency Signs
  • Public Art/
    • Signs for the Future
    • Reserved For Loitering
    • Don't Let Adulthood Corrupt You
    • What's Your Sign?
  • Books and Editions/
    • How to Art Book Fair
    • Books 2020-Present
    • Books 2019
    • Books 2018
    • Books 2012-2017
    • Recent Editions
    • Editions
    • Book Advice
  • Sign Prints/
    • Signs To Change Your City
    • Signs for Artists
    • Language of NO
  • How To Loiter/
    • Reserved for Loitering
    • Loiter Here
    • Loitering Editions
  • Large Child/
    • Role Playing
    • Elementary
    • Solo Play
  • Older Projects/
    • Essentially Qualified
    • How To Be A Professional Amateur
    • 5 Star Ratings
    • Please No Photos
    • It's Simple But Complicated
    • How To Be Narcissistic
    • How To Do Interventions
    • Interactive Sculptures and Prints
    • Modern Greetings & Contemporary Farewells
    • Missed Connections
    • The Business of Selling Yourself
  • Curatorial/
    • The Lawn Chair Talks
    • County Wandering
    • The How To Video Festival
    • Full Dome Projection Series
    • Colores
    • Excerpts: Molly Springfield
    • Metaphrase: Jeremy Flick & Jon Malis
    • Adapt/Adorn
  • About/
  • CV/
  • Shortt Editions/
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Paul Shortt

Role Playing

Paul Shortt

  • Paul Shortt/
  • Painted Sign Works/
    • Farewell To Adulthood
  • Vinyl Sign Works/
    • Signs to Change Cincinnati
    • Flood Warning
    • Common Words
    • Time & Emergency Signs
  • Public Art/
    • Signs for the Future
    • Reserved For Loitering
    • Don't Let Adulthood Corrupt You
    • What's Your Sign?
  • Books and Editions/
    • How to Art Book Fair
    • Books 2020-Present
    • Books 2019
    • Books 2018
    • Books 2012-2017
    • Recent Editions
    • Editions
    • Book Advice
  • Sign Prints/
    • Signs To Change Your City
    • Signs for Artists
    • Language of NO
  • How To Loiter/
    • Reserved for Loitering
    • Loiter Here
    • Loitering Editions
  • Large Child/
    • Role Playing
    • Elementary
    • Solo Play
  • Older Projects/
    • Essentially Qualified
    • How To Be A Professional Amateur
    • 5 Star Ratings
    • Please No Photos
    • It's Simple But Complicated
    • How To Be Narcissistic
    • How To Do Interventions
    • Interactive Sculptures and Prints
    • Modern Greetings & Contemporary Farewells
    • Missed Connections
    • The Business of Selling Yourself
  • Curatorial/
    • The Lawn Chair Talks
    • County Wandering
    • The How To Video Festival
    • Full Dome Projection Series
    • Colores
    • Excerpts: Molly Springfield
    • Metaphrase: Jeremy Flick & Jon Malis
    • Adapt/Adorn
  • About/
  • CV/
  • Shortt Editions/

Large Child: Role Play presents videos exploring growing up through social conditioning, adulthood and gender.  In this work I present myself as an immature, goofy and inept adult embodying the stereotype of the manchild found in many contemporary comedy films, TV shows and commercials.  

Large Child: Construction, 2014, 1 minute and 29 seconds.

Large Child: Ironing, 2016, 2 minutes and 14 seconds.

Large Child: Cleaning, 2014, 3 minutes and 59 seconds.

Large Child: Vacuuming, 2016, 1 minute and 56 seconds.

Large Child, Workbench, 2015, 2 minutes and 21 seconds.

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