The Mario Veda
The Mario Veda, a series of works executed between March of 2004 and May of 2006, illustrates what I believe to be an evolution in my intellectual and emotional development, and may represent some of the self knowledge I gained while living in Springfield, Illinois. Initially a reference to a set of characters from video games on the Nintendo platform, the characters quickly evolved, becoming stand-ins for particular situations and experiences. I’ll leave the particulars to your imagination.
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- Big Mario & Coin SMB1 (Get that Money Mayne)
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- Big Mario & Onion SMB2
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- Big Mario & Cherry SMB2
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- Fire Mario SMB3 (Annos de Soledad)
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- Racoon Mario SMB3
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- Fire Mario & the Princess (Loves Labors Lost)
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- Mario’s Underwater Adventure
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- Mario’s Underwater Adventure (detail)
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- Cactus Dude & the Sun King
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- Wart (SMB2) as Dido
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- The Princess (3rd state)
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- Serial Monogamy
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- Modern Romance
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- Three Years in Springfield, Illinois
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- The Dating Game! featuring your host, James Cockroft!
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- Two Virgins
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- The Mood Indicator (recto: Happy)
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- The Mood Indicator (verso: Pissed)
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- The Mario Altarpiece
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- The Mario Altarpiece (3/4 view)
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- The Mario Altarpiece, with wings open
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- Crucifixion (frontspiece of the Mario Altarpiece)
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- Agony in the Garden (Left Wing of the Mario Altarpiece)
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- The Betrayal of Judas (Right Wing of the Mario Altarpiece)
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- Ascension (Retable of the Mario Altarpiece)
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- Si Fallor, Ergo Sum
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