Pipe music
Video, 2023
About the artwork
A man in a teddy bear costume wreaks delightful havoc in a supermarket. From brandishing a toy gun to riding a shopping cart or a dog, he turns mundane shopping into an adventure. Whether he’s a hero or a troublemaker is left to the imagination, adding a layer of whimsical ambiguity to the chaos.
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Audio explanation
Listen to Alsoguppyme discuss this work.
Alsoguppyme makes surreal images out of the ordinary, twisting them until they feel both funny and unsettling. Midlife shifts leak into the work — the cracks, the restlessness, the changes you don’t quite have words for. She follows those glitches as they turn into strange reflections of daily life.