Serva Pool Flux: Pours from a Cracked Vessel

Part of the Serva Pool Flux Series, “Pours From a Cracked Vessel” is a one-day-only pop-up exhibition by D. Stevens.

The series consists of framed mixed-media collages and sculptural pieces. Stevens’ art depicts, in slightly jovial ways, how we are misled to trust in a disingenuous system, believing what we consume is not intended to harm us, when in fact, the Necrostate wants us dead. Extraction, the destruction of nature to advance technology, weaponization of food as well as the water used to grow it, is more blatant with each passing day. Victims are blamed for their own suffering, exacerbated by a cruel, colonial agenda.

D. Stevens admires the way artists like Niki de Saint Phalle are able to process complex emotion & pain by producing exuberant work. She said, “There is nothing more shocking than joy”. While the artist doesn’t entirely agree with that statement, Stevens does aspire to find & create joy as an act of defiance.

Papier mache’ is D. Stevens’ current, preferred medium. It’s a fabulous way to use what would otherwise become trash. Collage is also well-suited, due to diverse materials & texture relevant to a background in hair, special fx & prop styling. Collage is assembled from reworked sketches & scraps cut from old work, layered with paint, inks & graphite. A zero-waste ethos is applied to practice whenever possible.