https://www.badlylickedbear.net/about-1 daily 0.75 2022-07-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6016f82c3c15960033d5fa99/1612156315465-NQY1GIMVJ9GBYXJEXE0E/SLUGGER.jpg ABOUT - I LIVE IN A HIGHLY EXCITED STATE OF OVERSIMULATION. Badly Licked Bear is or has been an arts administrator, community leader, writer, curator, student, artist, and educator. Their artistic work stands in two circles – one a performance practice of embodied discipline, BDSM, and Looney Tunes and the other a subject-making practice concerned with survival in an age of (INSERT CRISIS HERE). Their work has been exhibited or performed at venues including: MOCA, Hammer Museum, REDCAT, Human Resources Los Angeles, Machine Project, Cerritos College, The Wignall Museum, as well as less-institutional locales, like an illegal bar in the Pacific Ocean during the inaugural Current Triennial. Their work is in the library collections of The Museum of Modern Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Otis College of Art and Design. Badly Licked Bear is also the Super Logistics Auntie / Navajo Nation Van Driver for the Auntie Sewing Squad, an 800 member organization that provided mutual aid primarily in the form of manufacturing and distributing 400,000 handmade masks during the primary phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. They are also a regular guest contributor to the Museum of Home Video. As an educator, they teach undergraduate courses ranging from game design/theory to professional practice, with a focus on transforming students into powerful observers and thoughtful storytellers. In their prior career, they were a curator with a focus on nurturing emerging artists, commissioning new works, and social practice projects. https://www.badlylickedbear.net/home daily 1.0 2026-03-01 https://www.badlylickedbear.net/shop daily 0.75 53056-08-07 https://www.badlylickedbear.net/shop/apparel monthly 0.5 2021-07-19 https://www.badlylickedbear.net/shop/books monthly 0.5 2021-09-15 https://www.badlylickedbear.net/shop/prints monthly 0.5 2021-07-13 https://www.badlylickedbear.net/shop/p/perform-a-gesture monthly 0.5 2021-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6016f82c3c15960033d5fa99/1626660738069-GHP6R0OIP9TRUP01KOEZ/womens-crop-tee-black-front-60f4df7d9ad39.jpg SHOP - PERFORM A GESTURE! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6016f82c3c15960033d5fa99/1626660738700-TU24ICM5WJHTGBQN38ZW/womens-crop-tee-white-front-60f4df7d9ae6c.jpg SHOP - PERFORM A GESTURE! https://www.badlylickedbear.net/shop/p/no-meat-poster monthly 0.5 2021-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6016f82c3c15960033d5fa99/1626206036776-B4HBUJTAUQBKHWZNLKFB/Dirty+%28P%29Air%2C+Plague+Angels+-+Banner+-+low+resolution+-+sales+page.jpg SHOP - "NO MEAT" Poster https://www.badlylickedbear.net/shop/p/2zlop3sk4j3vnbe7z5zgociifoy350 monthly 0.5 2021-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6016f82c3c15960033d5fa99/1626204520178-MK36ACG9WI8J0HLOOFWT/Dirty+%28P%29Air%2C+Plague+Angels+-+Comic+-+low+resolution+-+web+-+square.jpg SHOP - Dirty Air https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6016f82c3c15960033d5fa99/1626205011470-6V0O7SI1STWM6PHTNE53/Dirty+%28P%29Air%2C+Plague+Angels+-+Comic+-+low+resolution+-+web+-+square+-+back.jpg SHOP - Dirty Air https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6016f82c3c15960033d5fa99/1626204092319-O16FGF5YVF3YTSS75140/Dirty+%28P%29Air%2C+Plague+Angels+-+Comic+-+low+resolution.jpg SHOP - Dirty Air https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6016f82c3c15960033d5fa99/1626659006570-P3I0ENTAPLEE356YACYX/Dirty+Air+-+Final-Final+4+-+square.jpg SHOP - Dirty Air https://www.badlylickedbear.net/shop/p/there-are-no-bad-ideas-all-of-our-ideas-are-bad monthly 0.5 2021-03-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6016f82c3c15960033d5fa99/1614975517758-O4DITRS9TIZQFWRHDX0X/ALL+OUR+IDEAS+ARE+BAD.jpg SHOP - THERE ARE NO BAD IDEAS ALL OF OUR IDEAS ARE BAD https://www.badlylickedbear.net/selectedwork daily 0.75 2021-01-31 https://www.badlylickedbear.net/selectedwork/dirty-air-plague-angels monthly 0.5 2021-07-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6016f82c3c15960033d5fa99/1626206959564-YKC7S4W542Q3TADOKKYW/Dirty+Air+-+Back+Cover+-+Web+-+low+resolution.jpg SELECTED WORK - Dirty Air (2021) - Make it stand out Dirty Air: Plague Angels A twetny-page, détourned comic about love, identity, machine life, and last, desperate chances within the cold, alloy shell of the deep-space habitat Olympus-X, where humanity’s remnant is survives after the collapse of Earth’s biosphere. 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(2017) https://www.badlylickedbear.net/selectedwork/cassandra monthly 0.5 2021-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6016f82c3c15960033d5fa99/1613928720390-QGRAV3XSZWGEC56LWUZ6/CASSANDRA+-+FINAL+%283+of+3%29.jpg SELECTED WORK - CASSANDRA (2020) https://www.badlylickedbear.net/selectedwork/yearofthecomet monthly 0.5 2021-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6016f82c3c15960033d5fa99/1613958273376-RJYY5PDDMWUM7Q1RZXCG/2653492675_acedbd1615_o.jpg SELECTED WORK - YEAR OF THE COMET (2008) https://www.badlylickedbear.net/selectedwork/ragnaroksupply monthly 0.5 2021-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6016f82c3c15960033d5fa99/1613958404287-H6N6X4GCAHA8VA5K0WE2/4184283612_1b5e414865_o.jpg SELECTED WORK - RAGNAROK SUPPLY (2009) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6016f82c3c15960033d5fa99/1613958483759-39YLTEU61U8SOVQWZ9IF/4184288148_f68f32de55_o.jpg SELECTED WORK - RAGNAROK SUPPLY (2009) https://www.badlylickedbear.net/selectedwork/portraitofaneye monthly 0.5 2021-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6016f82c3c15960033d5fa99/1613958695123-6LKKJA5XROGAESZ9FBIM/Badly+Licked+Bear+-+Portrait+of+an+Eye+-+Installation+View.jpg SELECTED WORK - PORTRAIT OF AN EYE (2013) https://www.badlylickedbear.net/selectedwork/equallygodandequallysatan monthly 0.5 2021-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6016f82c3c15960033d5fa99/1613958084640-0VI0WQO0483UQAN9Z7A7/Marshall%2BAstor%2B-%2BEqually%2BGod%2Band%2BEqually%2BSatan%2B-%2BNovember%2B2008.jpg SELECTED WORK - EQUALLY GOD AND EQUALLY SATAN (2008) https://www.badlylickedbear.net/selectedwork/ascendancyordecline monthly 0.5 2021-02-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6016f82c3c15960033d5fa99/1614011517929-MOT2CPOOII3HGS7VLP8H/1965473_10202515645226994_4418929218606582146_o.jpg SELECTED WORK - "WOULD YOU RATHER LIVE DURING THE ASCENDANCY OF A CIVILIZATION OR DURING IT'S DECLINE?" (2014) https://www.badlylickedbear.net/selectedwork/blackgold monthly 0.5 2021-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6016f82c3c15960033d5fa99/1613958561288-KV80IVGYUWO21WPKWSLR/Black+Gold+-+Installed.jpg SELECTED WORK - BLACK GOLD (2010/2013) https://www.badlylickedbear.net/selectedwork/avianflu monthly 0.5 2021-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6016f82c3c15960033d5fa99/1613957664399-AWWSVJFCZ8EYBXCV8S4N/301333531_6019a18b14_o.jpg SELECTED WORK - AVIAN FLU AWARENESS PROJECT (2004-2009) https://www.badlylickedbear.net/writing daily 0.75 2023-02-19 https://www.badlylickedbear.net/writing/how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-pirate-television-2022 monthly 0.5 2023-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6016f82c3c15960033d5fa99/1676834047943-WV7RMXXI7YDPN3LQUKPQ/Screen%2BShot%2B2022-03-07%2Bat%2B7.32.39%2BPM.png https://www.badlylickedbear.net/writing/allourideasarebad monthly 0.5 2021-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6016f82c3c15960033d5fa99/1613939268896-BU6CW6FNGDB7MJ66WMJ3/16WeekObservationJournalBetaTest_Page_3.jpg WRITING - THERE ARE NO BAD IDEAS ALL OF OUR IDEAS ARE BAD (2019) - THERE ARE NO BAD IDEAS ALL OF OUR IDEAS ARE BAD is a sixteen week observation journal for undergraduates that provides a simple structure for expanding their observational practices outside of the classroom. It is based on my teaching philosophy, that “All of our ideas are bad (at first), and what we do as artists is the thoughtful labor of transforming bad ideas into good and great ones.” It can be produced to fit the length of any semester or quarter, and can also be expanded to be far more rigorous for advanced students or for intense, but shorter periods of observational training and reflection. It is intended for any student whose work might require them to make observations in the field. https://www.badlylickedbear.net/writing/theblog monthly 0.5 2021-02-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6016f82c3c15960033d5fa99/1613946979592-SND4FKO5T9V19TAM74JX/2456197535_54c71ee76c_o.jpg WRITING - THE BLOG (2004-2010) - For six years, I shot and wrote about art, culture, film, food, and travel, producing ~700 posts during the life of the project. The more popular imagery from this body of work can be found all over the Internet. https://www.badlylickedbear.net/writing/boneyards monthly 0.5 2021-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6016f82c3c15960033d5fa99/1613947744845-Y2ETM7HX4HUZKJIOKN12/2604721144_efda63de5f_o.jpg WRITING - BONEYARDS (2008) - Boneyards was an essay on the Boneyards surf spot in San Pedro, CA realized in both print and an installation version for a collection of the same name by STÜSSY JAPAN. https://www.badlylickedbear.net/writing/sunkencity monthly 0.5 2021-02-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6016f82c3c15960033d5fa99/1613946637409-7TIW1ZW2Q6XACR6OKJMF/sunken+city+coastal+border.jpg WRITING - SUNKEN CITY (2017) - “A century ago – nearly outside of living memory – one of those farthest places, where all Europe’s jetsam and hunger came up against the impossible wall of the ocean, something all fell apart. The hearsay is that the construction, the sealing over of the earth, the changes in water flow through the earth, all this sealed over, penetrating change was rejected – spat out, spat right into the sea. This city, it sank, is sinking, still, it is Sunken City. The land slides slowly, then faster and faster, the people feel unwelcome – they flee. It all falls down, slides down, scrapes down. It’s still falling, today, impossibly slow. This is you in a hundred years, and this is you a hundred years ago, too. “ — From “Sunken City,” written for the catalog for Coastal/Border a project curated by Marabel Wasserman for the Angels Gate Cultural Center, part of Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA in 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1589847833743-F4ZNTSBG6SV6QOKKH98U/image-asset.jpeg WRITING - SUNKEN CITY (2017) - “Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.” — Quote Source https://www.badlylickedbear.net/writing/behindthewheelofalargeautomobile monthly 0.5 2021-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6016f82c3c15960033d5fa99/1613936237223-ZE8V2HA6I39NHZOUVW04/ASSVAN.jpg WRITING - VIEW FROM BEHIND THE WHEEL OF A LARGE AUTOMOBILE (FULL OF PPE) (2021) - “As of this writing, the Aunties have sewn over 100,000 masks, and our Navajo partners, who at times have had the highest rates of infection and death from Covid-19, have sewn at least 65,000 more. We have driven the Navajo Relief Van to Apache Junction, just East of Phoenix Arizona, about once a month. It takes 1-2 weeks to gather materials and fill the van, and only a day--or three, if your radiator explodes in Yucca Valley--to transport the materials. Each load transports $5000-10,000 in materials: thousands of yards of fabric; dozens of sewing machines; boxes and boxes of cone thread and elastic spools; hundreds of bars of soap and gallons of hand sanitizer; tents for family members quarantining themselves in the hot desert; cases and bundles of N95 masks, surgical scrubs, adult diapers, and Ziploc bags; 3D printers and filament for printing face shields; furniture dollies; fifty pound sacks of rice and beans . . . . It is an endless list of pandemic necessities--a list that comes from listening to the needs of our Navajo partners.” https://www.badlylickedbear.net/writing/loveandorfear monthly 0.5 2021-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6016f82c3c15960033d5fa99/1613935535240-NIJ4WFX8JLY9ZWPTPR88/Scene+Missing+%28modified+for+presentation%29.jpg WRITING - LOVE AND/OR FEAR (2021) - “The experiences of Eden the Doll, Jaslene Whiterose, and Joslyn Flawless, three trans women of color, on Hollywood Boulevard are not unique, atypical, or surprising to any of the artists who participated in LOVE &/OR FEAR, even if, statistically, these women represent the most vulnerable population within our community of genders. Your own experiences may and will vary. It was just one night on Hollywood Boulevard—one night like and not like many others. Every night that follows must be survived as well. The dice never really stop rolling….” https://www.badlylickedbear.net/writing/historyofsanpedropunk monthly 0.5 2021-02-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6016f82c3c15960033d5fa99/1613948022020-DTTF4NPCQJU3HDA9P5MR/311389848_6b3cc5e34d_o%282%29.jpg WRITING - HISTORY OF SAN PEDRO PUNK (2005) - History of San Pedro Punk was a 2005 exhibition and catalog curated and written in my former capacity as Visual Arts Director of the Angels Gate Cultural Center. It is a visual history of the art and aesthetics of three decades of punk community in San Pedro, CA. The image at left is by San Pedro artist Aaron White, made for the zine-turned-magazine, Ben Is Dead, in 1992, following the LA riots. https://www.badlylickedbear.net/writing/swordinthestone monthly 0.5 2021-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6016f82c3c15960033d5fa99/1613945298174-RQTLD420NU34RSE3NC5Y/Man+Up.jpg WRITING - SWORD IN THE STONE / WHO CAN PULL IT? (2017) - “3) I just want to be one of the girls. I just want to be one of the girls. I just want to be one of the girls. I just want to be one of the girls. I just want to be one of the girls. I just want to be one of the girls. I just want to be one of the girls. I just want to be one of the girls. LET ME DIE A WOMAN! You’ll never be one of the girls. You’ll never be one of the girls. You’ll never be one of the girls. You’ll never be one of the girls. You’ll never be one of the girls. You’ll never be one of the girls. You’ll never be one of the girls. You’ll never be one of the girls.” - from “The Sword in the Stone (Who can pull it?)” commissioned for the catalog for ManUp! 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