day one

day one
My name is Jo Nasvik and The Missoula Dress Project is a one-month performance art piece as part of my BFA thesis. As an artist I am interested in the intersection of street art, performance art, and drawing. During the month of February I have committed to wearing this wedding gown daily and will be sewing and pinning onto the dress the evidence of my consumption. Such as coffee cups, wrappers, plastic bags, paper scraps, aluminum cans.....and so on. It is important to me that my art has cultural meaning, so I chose a wedding dress to indicate the excessive "marriage" between consumers and industry.


Saturday, February 11, 2012



Day 10
 I'm not tired of wearing the dress, I'm tired of talking about the dress. I'm tired of being the center of attention. I knew that this was going to be the hardest part of the project because typically I like to fly under the radar. I try not to draw attention to myself and I'm terrified of awkward encounters with strangers. But here I am, encouraging everyone to look at and consider what I'm putting out there. So blog viewers I am asking something of you. If you have an idea, an opinion, or a question about the ways we function in this world.....just put it out there. Hang up a sign, make a t-shirt, or write it down on every napkin you leave, whatever. Just share it with the rest of us, because otherwise it will forever be in your mind and the world may be waiting to hear what you have to say. Individuality is not in the way you wear your jeans, but in the way you contribute to others, through your ideas, mannerisms, and actions. BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD.

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