VALLEY OF THE DOLLS
Valley of the Dolls, taken from the film Valley of the Dolls (1967), directed by Mark Robson, is a site-specific installation exploring how themes such as decay, glamor and addiction can be expressed materially through sculpture, drawing and video. As the clear sticky sculptures move, fall, solidify, soften and sweat, she looks at how things fall apart over time and how we control these forms of entropy.
Often using wax, resin and soap, Thompson infuses soapy shell shapes with vodka, eyeshadow, lipstick, cherry syrups and pearls. Calling to the stickiness of desire, the sculptures gushing out their insides, sprawled around resemble emotions along the floors: embodying both demons and pleasures inherent in everyday existence.