General Strike
photo by Kate Black
Yesterday morning, I concluded Molly Crabapple’s Week in Hell, an experiment in drawing past the limits of artistic endurance.
In 5 champagne and caffeine soaked days, I created 270 feet of art, all presold in June to kickstarter backers for over $25,000.
Musicians, muses and press came to visit me,
including accordianist Jason Savvy,
burlesque star Amber Ray
and Stoya, who needs no intro.
I livestreamed for three hours every day, torturing backers with my limited musical tastes and amusing them when I collapsed into a shaking ball on Wednesday
I couldn’t even be roused from the bed to do press. No I couldn’t
As I’ve left the hotel, it’s started to feel like a surreal dream, and I almost can’t believe that I defeated the inky wall beast. But I did
In March 2012, there will be a book about it
Thank you comrades for making this possible.
I might do a more press ready blog entry soon, but right now, this is what I got
It broke me. I broke it. We both maybe left for the better.
All photos except the top by Steve Prue
Congrats on surviving your week in hell! Looking forward to see what 11×14″ slice of hell I get to hang on my wall…
Loved it! Love your art! I was also wondering where did you get that awesome striped dress?
Thanks! The dress is from AllSaints
Congrats Molly it looks amazing and I can’t wait for the book (also, I second the other Katie, that striped dress is suuuper pretty) <3
hey molly!
your week in hell project has been very inspiring. the work looks awesome and all the photos are fantastic. not to mention, what a fun way to spend your birthday week. congrats!
2. READ. LOOK. THINK. | Jessica Stanley. // Sep 22, 2011 at 5:35 am
[...] Molly Crabapple’s Week in Hell, an experiment in drawing past the limits of artistic endurance [...]
your week in hell project has been very inspiring. the work looks awesome and all the photos are fantastic. not to mention, what a fun way to spend your birthday week. congrats!
+1
Inside Molly Crabapple’s ‘Week of Hell’ | The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log // Oct 16, 2011 at 1:43 pm
[...] Kickstarter posted up this short but fascinating video with the amazing Molly Crabapple, talking about her Week of Hell, staying inside a hotel room for five days, covering every surface with paper then continually drawing over all of it . I love Molly’s art anytime, but to see her creating this wraparound, room-sized, intensely detailed work is quite remarkable. The art (all 270 feet of it!) was pre-sold via a Kickstarter campaign earlier in the summer and will be the subject of a book next year; you can read more and check out some photos of the event on Molly’s site here. [...]
Molly Crabapples Week in Hell | Im Licht der Neonröhren // Dec 2, 2011 at 8:17 am
[...] Molly Crappable hat sich zu ihrem 28. Geburtstag etwas richtig großartiges selbst geschenkt: Molly Crabapples Week in Hell. Bei diesem Projekt „sperrt“ sie sich selbst für einige Tage in ein Hotelzimmer ein, behängt [...]
Molly Crabapple’s Week in Hell, Mini-Documentary About Five Days Locked in a Hotel Room Making Art // Dec 2, 2011 at 12:56 pm
[...] The resulting mini-documentary is Molly Crabapple’s Week in Hell. All 270 feet of the art was presold to Kickstarter backers and over the course of five “champagne and caffeine soaked” [...]
Molly Crabapple’s :: Week in Hell | A R T N A U // Dec 2, 2011 at 7:19 pm
[...] by Molly Crabapple [...]
Fantastic….! Great show of talent, creativity, endurence, and purity…….an inspiration for all…..may you keep on getting on..!
Molly Crabapple’s Week in Hell (5 Days Produced 270 Feet of Art) | Show Us Your Clips // Dec 7, 2011 at 7:52 am
[...] you’d like to see Stephen Prue’s photos from the project, they are posted on Molly Crabapple’s blog. If you’d like to see incredible 360 degree zoomable panoramic photos of the rooms’ [...]
2011 Year in Review // Dec 26, 2011 at 7:17 pm
[...] Did Week in Hell, the project I am probably proudest of thus far. Raised 25k to draw 270 feet of art in 5 days, going [...]