Tanja & the Bear
The inaugural Platinum Oasis, 2001. Each artist had a room to do our installation inside the Coral Sands, a gay speed and sex motel on Western just above Hollywood (back before it was all a mall). (I remember moving stuff around and finding a used rig behind a nightstand, coated in dried blood). Either I was looking particularly stressed and hungry or else Margie Schnibbe was feeling particularly motherly. She kept sending her adult babies and her furry bear down to my room with food and drinks.
What I remember most about the bear is that he was extremely drunk and his bear suit was soggy with sweat. This photo is my friend Tanja with the bear.
