Traveling Sales Kit

TRAVELING SALES KIT

In this iteration of the Triangle Head Project, the Traveling Sales Kit (Prototype) explores the existential self through the aesthetics of the nomadic salesperson. Often a comedic yet tragic figure, the traveling salesperson is represented through the articles of their profession. This inventory or “baggage” that a person carries into any given social situation greatly affects the outcomes of a social transaction. The multitude of ways to “sell” oneself is a form of self-marketing and authorship of identity as others consciously and implicitly interpret these as an expression of morals, values, and perspectives on life. The found-object prototype and handmade merchandise are an assertion of creative voice through DIY and craft-based media as a form of self-discovery that plays upon the queerness of kitsch, science fiction, and gender performance. 

04/15/2022 KCAI Annual BFA Exhibition (Kansas City, Missouri)