Bigfoot (Basim Magdy)

Myths ubiquitously emerge in everyday life, sometimes in television shows and oftentimes in idle scuttlebutt. Egyptian artstar, Basim Magdy, indulges in both myth and ubiquity with an installation at Okay Mountain and a contingent series of illustrations in the latest issue of Art Papers. Magdy manufactures a mis en scene with natural materials like sweet smelling mulch and bales of brittle hay and then places preternatural creatures into confined spaces. An Astronaut exists as a caged pet. One suicidal Sasquatch lays over a game of solitaire in a messy camper/trailer. You can’t see the shotgun next to the hirsute prop here, but you get the idea I guess. He could’ve worked on the sound element a bit more in depth. Maybe blasting ’s “Jailbreak” would’ve won me over, but that’s just asking for trouble. He should’ve put a diaper on the astronaut, or the sasquatch, or both. Is scatology in or out this year? Let’s have an Emvergeoning poll: Listen, nation, it’s time you exercised your freedom of choice! Any Miranda July references will be promptly deleted…))((

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