Travis smokes his first cigarette, the performancepart of My First Cigarette
April 30th, 2003 performance
Mitchell Place Gallery
Muncie Indiana.
Growing up, Travis's parents smoked cigarettes. Travis never tried it because he saw all the ill effects--coughing in middle of the night, everything in the home smelling like smoke (even your hair and skin), yellowing of everything in the house, etc. But the mistique of smoking always wanted to make Travis smoke. The packaging always was appealing. For 2 years he collected cigarette packettes and assembled this collage.
Travis Lee’s first solo professional exhibition (T.I.W.R.M.L.T.S.W.M.H.I.B.D.) came three days before he graduated college. On April 30th, 2003, the day of the show opening, Travis Lee smoked his first cigarette as part of the cigarette piece. He coughed 3 times and everyone had a good time laughing at him and with him.
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