Amber Hawk Swanson worked on multi-platform performative auction of the 556 pieces of her identical life-like sex doll, Amber Doll, that remain after Hawk Swanson transformed her doll's body into a small replica of the bull orca Tilikum, who lived in captivity in Sea World Orlando and has been involved in the deaths of three humans.
Amber Hawk Swanson
Disciplines:
Interdisciplinary Arts – new media
Disciplines:
Interdisciplinary Arts – new media
Based in Brooklyn, NY
Residencies: 2013
Studios
Putnam
Amber Hawk Swanson worked in the Putnam studio.
Originally known simply as Graphics Studio, this building was converted to its current use between 1972 and 1974 through a grant from the Putnam Foundation. Before this transformation, the building served as both a powerhouse and pump house for the property. Well water was drawn from a large cistern and…