ruby merritt
Installation View. Constructed by artists. 2014.
Installation View. Reception and pharmacy. Kyle Bulter. 2014.
Installation View. Reception (Front Desk) and pharmacy. 2014.
Installation View. Front desk and pharmacy Detail. 2014.
Pharmacy Medication. Plastic vile, sugar, 2014.
Pharmacy Medication. Detail. Plastic vile, sugar, 2014.
Exam Room. Detail of Medical Exam Table. 2014.
Exam Room. Detail of two-way Mirror. 2014.
Exam Room #2. 2014.
Clinic for Well Being-Live shot. 2014. Waiting room on left, Patients filling out paperwork, Doctor coming out of exam room, new "patients" signing in at reception.
Clinic for Well Being-Live shot. 2014. Dr. Victoria Nixon (left) and Dr. Tara Norman (right).
Clinic for Well Being-Live shot. 2014. Dr. Norman with patients.
Clinic for Well Being-Live shot. 2014. Dr. Norman with patients.
Clinic for Well Being-Live shot. 2014. Dr. Norman with patient.
Clinic for Well Being-Live shot. 2014. Dr. Nixon with patient.
Clinic for Well Being-Live shot. 2014. Dr. Nixon with patient.
Clinic for Well Being-Live shot. 2014. Dr. Norman at pharmacy with patient.
Clinic for Well Being-Live shot. 2014. Dr. Barry Francis, the pharmacist.
Clinic for Well Being-Live shot. 2014. Dr. Barry Francis, the pharmacist and Dr. Bruce Mclaughlin, the receptionist.
Clinic for Well Being-Live shot. 2014. Dr. Bruce Mclaughlin, the receptionist.
Clinic for Well Being-Live shot. 2014. Dr. Bruce Mclaughlin, the receptionist with new patient.
Clinic for Well Being-Actual Document- Sign in sheet, located at reception desk. 2014.
Clinic for Well Being-Actual Document- New patient information form, located at reception desk and reviewed by doctor. 2014.
Clinic for Well Being-Actual Document- New patient information form, located at reception desk and reviewed by doctor. 2014.
Clinic for Well Being-Actual Document- Patient drawings of Ice cream cones- reviewed by doctor. 2014.
Clinic for Well Being
Kyle Bulter, Ian McCrohan, Ruby Merritt and Necole Zayatz at Hallwall's Artist & Models #25, 2014. Buffalo, NY.
Clinic for Well Being, is an installation, social performance and a functioning pseudo-clinic. The performance allows participation from any member of the general audience. A willing audience member will become a patient at the clinic. The interaction between the clinician and patient creates an interesting paradigm and harbors a unique individual experience. The performance space is visually based on the traditional Western medical model, an examination room, reception desk, and pharmacy. However, the doctor patient encounter is re-imagined using approaches that are non-traditional administered by a non-traditional clinician. The data gathered during the exam is derived from observational and experimental methods influenced in part by cognitive psychology and current and former pseudoscience methodologies. We believe that an expansive approach leads us to a greater understanding of the patient’s needs to obtain a whole state of well-being through imagination and playful thinking, that continues even after the initial experience, with conclusive verbal instructions and a physical therapy sheet.
Necole Zayatz & Ruby Merritt
Transpouring Section 3
A performance at Forest Lawn Cemetery
Located at the Frank Llyod Wright Monument
Main St. Entrance, Section 3.
December 3, 2011 at 3:00pm.
Transpour
Lab Coats for Transpour, Labcoat, velum, glass, rubber, pigmented liquids, 60” x 4” x 36”, 2011. Parallax. Main Street Studios, Buffalo, NY. Pre-perforamce.
glass, rubber, pigmented liquids, 2011. Parallax. Main Street Studios, Buffalo, NY. Pre-perforamce.
The Blue Sky Mausoleum, Frank Lloyd Wright, Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, NY14214. December 3, 2011. Performance location.
Detail. The Blue Sky Mausoleum, Frank Lloyd Wright, Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, NY14214. December 3, 2011. Performance location.
Live Shot. Trans-pouring Sector 3, (Performance) Located at The Blue Sky Mausoleum, Frank Lloyd Wright, Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, NY14214. December 3, 2011.
Live Shot. Trans-pouring Sector 3, (Performance) Located at The Blue Sky Mausoleum, Frank Lloyd Wright, Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, NY14214. December 3, 2011.
Live Shot. Trans-pouring Sector 3, (Performance) Located at The Blue Sky Mausoleum, Frank Lloyd Wright, Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, NY14214. December 3, 2011.
Detail. Trans-pouring Sector 3, (Performance) Located at The Blue Sky Mausoleum, Frank Lloyd Wright, Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, NY14214. December 3, 2011.
Empty Vessels and Full Tube-showing the liquids separated. Live Shot. Trans-pouring Sector 3, (Performance) Located at The Blue Sky Mausoleum, Frank Lloyd Wright, Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, NY14214. December 3, 2011.
Empty Vessels that were carried on the Body. Live Shot. Trans-pouring Sector 3, (Performance) Located at The Blue Sky Mausoleum, Frank Lloyd Wright, Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, NY14214. December 3, 2011.
Detail. Empty Vessels that were carried on the Body.
Full Installation shot for Transpour @ Parallax. Main Street Studios, Buffalo, NY. Post-perforamce.
Lab Coats for Transpour, Labcoat, velum, glass, rubber, pigmented liquids remnants, 60” x 4” x 36”, 2011. Parallax. Main Street Studios, Buffalo, NY. Post-perforamce.
Detail. Lab Coats for Transpour, Labcoat, velum, glass, rubber, pigmented liquids remnants, 60” x 4” x 36”, 2011. Parallax. Main Street Studios, Buffalo, NY. Post-perforamce.
Body Vessels and stone from Transpour, Wood, glass, rubber, pigmented liquids remnants, 2011. Parallax. Main Street Studios, Buffalo, NY. Post-perforamce.
Detail. Body Vessels and stone from Transpour, Wood, glass, rubber, pigmented liquids remnants, 2011. Parallax. Main Street Studios, Buffalo, NY. Post-perforamce.
Full Tube. Transpour, Wood, glass, rubber, pigmented liquids-seperated, 2011. Parallax. Main Street Studios, Buffalo, NY. Post-perforamce.
Detail of Full Tube. Transpour, Wood, glass, rubber, pigmented liquids-seperated, 2011. Parallax. Main Street Studios, Buffalo, NY. Post-perforamce.
Detail of Full Tube. Transpour, Wood, glass, rubber, pigmented liquids-seperated, 2011. Parallax. Main Street Studios, Buffalo, NY. Post-perforamce.
Transpour Trials. In-studio, with Necole Zayatz. 2011.
Perforamce Video Work Created by Afedzi Hughes. Member in a large artist collaboration. Images shown, are from Part 3: Tonawanda, NY.