Tires, Portmanteau, Adornment (2025)
The word tire is a shortened form of the word attire, which means "clothing or apparel". The term comes from the idea that a wheel with a tire is a dressed wheel, or a way to protect a naked wheel.​ After World War II, American troops left behind remains of war vehicles across the Philippines. These shells would be reclaimed, decorated, and transformed into what are now called “jeepneys”, becoming the most popular form of communal transportation in the Philippines, and a cultural symbol of resilience. ​Portmanteau is a word blending the sounds and combining the meanings of two others, for example: jeepney is a portmanteau of post–World War II “jeep” and pre-war "jitney” (both words common slang in the popular vernacular of the era). Portmanteau is also a large trunk or suitcase, typically made of stiff leather and opening into two equal parts.
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cement, expanded wire mesh, inkjet print, shellac, automobile tires
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tire frame dimensions: 21.5”X21.5”x2”
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Images by Nate Bajar as a part of the artwork shoot for CHOO CHOO's latest single titled: burningintheoven
balding strips and hubcap wigs (A Winter Coat or PEELS #2.1) (2025)
96”X48”X6”
performance residue: thesis tires, screws, paint, hubcaps I found on the honeywell bridge, plywood the trade school left in the dumpster, glue, wigs from an artist talk
Sometimes a tire is no longer considered useful when there is a hole in it. Other times it rolls too far and it goes bald. BALD. JUNK. TRASH! Yet, it’s more than simply rubber, holding strength from its steel skeleton, but banned from working as a tire…too dangerous… that slippery peel…so I screwed it down for safe keeping. Maybe with a wig its baldness can be masqueraded. A winter coat, or a curtain SO DRAMATIC that renaissance window drapery.
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TIRE TIRED TRICK (2025)
Tire, Tired, Trick is a three act play, which incorporates handmade props and costumes, multimedia elements, and an original musical score. This performance centers around the parallel experiences of the circus clown and the automobile tire as metaphors for the human capacity to turn the dreamt into material. Combining semi-autobiographical stories, songs, and video footage with playful sculptural elements, this project ruminates on the idea that everything ever made was once imaginary and made into belief.
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TIRE SHOES (2024)
TRACK SUIT (2026)
Portal (2025)
Video Sculpture prop from "Tire Tired Trick"
Stills of Tire, Tired, Trick,
from Grace Exhibition Space.
junk tires, astroturf, plywood, screws, sneakers, black paint, masking tape, paper
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housepaint, tireshoes, suit
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Tire Prints (2026)
housepaint, tireshoes, drop cloth
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ERICAR (2025)
60”X94”
oil & house paint on cardboard
painting as a method of documenting and remixing performance using brushes, rollers and tires as mark making tools.
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A TIRE, DRESSED FOR BALDNESS (2024)
An iterative piece for two performers (Erica Enriquez, Rikitaro Suzuki aka Midi Neutron), A Tire, Dressed for Baldness is designed for play, and never to be performed the same way. Will Riki and Erica ever be able to fix something? Was it ever meant to be fixed?
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August 17th Latchkey Gallery
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See below for trailer - link to full performance here
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