Double Scoop

In response to Australian Ben & Jerry's ban on selling double scoop of same flavor ice cream until marriage equality is legal, I used a double scoop of ice cream as my medium for a temporal sculpture, documented below:

The sound accompanying the video is the sounds of the ice cream dripping on the sand, manipulated for a synthetic, mechanical sort of clock-ticking, glitchy sound. When the double scoops become dramatically separated from the cone and soiled by the sand, the voice says "separate them, right?" and then the hands further separate the two scoops and massage them into the sand until they become another form altogether. According to gotohoroscope.com, ice cream in dreams denotes prolonged romantic involvement with someone, patience in achieving goals, and participation in crucial events. Observing melting ice cream signifies missing out on something and/or chasing after a dream that is unrealistic.

The video shows the banned double scoop ice cream separated from a traditional cone, and heavily manipulated in a very public space, soiled and convoluted, then placed back into the traditional cone in its new form while multicolored ice cream melts and loses its colors on a rock with the passage of time, accented by the soft thumpy drip sounds.