Tracy + the Plastics
Video performance art from the ’00s
Tracy + the Plastics was a band—and a performance art group of characters—created and performed by Wynne Greenwood. In 1999, Tracy + the Plastics started appearing in basements, living rooms and punk clubs in the Pacific Northwest. Greenwood assumed the characters of all three band members, live on stage and, projected on top of her and around her, in prerecorded video. She sang live as Tracy while interacting with the other band members (Cola on drums, and Nikki on keyboards, both of them Greenwood) projected on her and the screen.
As the project continued, the spaces the band performed in expanded to include art galleries and museums. Tracy + the Plastics was invited to perform in the 2004 Whitney Biennial. In 2005, Greenwood (as Tracy + the Plastics) collaborated with sculptor Fawn Krieger to make ROOM, a performance and installation at the Kitchen, in New York. Tracy + the Plastics ended in 2006.
Above and below, PROVOKR presents some haunting and sweet excerpts of Tracy + the Plastics in performance in 2003 and 2004. It’s live… and recorded.
Excerpts from World (2004).
