ANTIBODIES, Lara Odell & Monica Duncan, 12:00 (excerpt), 2002 In Antibodies, a set of “twins” in matching costumes attempt to gather and process colors from real-world environments (examining items such as fire hydrants, caution tape, signs painted on the sides of buildings) and match them to their pre-fabricated color charts. As these scientist/nurse characters study color in a social context, they address the connection between camouflage and fashion. Color is not the only form in which frequencies exist, however: they also examine sound waves through "noise lessons," where alternative English is spoken in the form of white noise.

Lara Odell <odell@alfred.edu> was born in Long Beach, CA (1971) and presently lives in Alfred, New York, where she works at the Institute for Electronic Arts at Alfred University as a collaborator and technical assistant to visiting resident artists. She received a B.F.A. from Alfred University in the Electronic Arts, and an interdisciplinary M.A.H. in Media Studies and English from SUNY Buffalo. Her videos, prints and drawings have been exhibited nationally and internationally in such places as Beijing, China and Novosibirsk, Russia, as well as on line. She is now working on a series of digital prints of indoor and outdoor hotel swimming pools, whose bargain architecture offers an idea of sanctuary—however riddled with decay and neglect. She is also working on the completion of Part II of her documentary video, Power Haircut, "The Log Book."

Monica Duncan <m_k_duncan@hotmail.com> is an interdisciplinary print, video, performance artist and educator who was born and raised in Webster, NY. She received her BFA from Alfred University and has exhibited throughout the United States and Europe. She worked as print technician for the Experimental Print Center, Queens, NY, assisting visiting resident artists in image manipulation and production of digital prints in 2002. In addition to the ongoing collaboration with Lara Odell, she is currently working on "The New Work," a collaborative, stolen monitor project, which addresses intimacy, therapy and surveillance in building a human relationship with the addition of an electronic device.

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