Nao Bustamante moves on
Local performance artist -- and RPI associate professor -- Nao Bustamante made it through another episode of Bravo's Work of Art reality series last night.
This week's challenge was to create a sculpture from objects at an electronics recycling center. Bustamante piece (above) earned her a spot in the middle of the field, advancing her to the next ep. (Also, being in the middle meant less screen time.)
Last week we wondered if she was being cast as the "villain" or "oddball" (or oddball villain). It looks like she has some competition. This week Miles, her partner last episode, slept on his sculpture -- a giant screen-printed pillow situated between two large concrete anuses -- and then was seemingly compelled by some irresistible urge to slam a fellow competitor during the critique.
Also: We're waiting for the moment when the judges on this show suddenly break character and say, "Just kidding! We don't really believe (or understand) what we just said, either!" (Unless the judges are actually the contestants...)
Earlier on AOA: RPI's Nao Bustamante on Bravo's "Work of Art"
photo: Bravo TV
... said KGB about Drawing: What's something that brought you joy this year?