Elvis Machine

created by the duplicates

Site Specific at an Austin parking lot

Created by Rowan Doyle, Darwin Gilmore, Tom Horan, Courtney Sale and Cheng-Wei Teng
Costumes by Wilberth Gonzalez and Katie Aylward
Hair and Makeup by Emma Dirks

Photos by Rowan Doyle

One visit to contemporary Graceland will confirm to the most die hard Elvis fan: the artist is no longer a person he is a brand, the house is no longer a home it’s an amusement park, and the objects in Elvis’s life are no longer utilities they are currencies to be hoarded and sold. Elvis Machine rips the real Elvis objects out of nostalgia’s hands and molds them into new mythologies, challenging the veneer of kitsch and exploring our deep need to collect. 

A Trailer I made for the show