ALEXANDRIA PEMBLETON info@alexandriapembleton.com "The predominant impulse behind our desire to rise in the social hierarchy may be rooted not so much in the material goods we can accrue or the power we can wield as in the amount of love we stand to receive as a consequence of high status.  Money, fame and influence may be valued more as tokens of-and means to-love rather than ends in themselves.  " Alain de Botton, Status Anxiety

		301 Bocana Gift Show Title: Would you like to take a conceptual, performative, installation artist/social sculptor/single woman to dinner? medium: conversation, food, wine, hope, relationship, obligation, desire, discomfort, anticipation, love, oxytocin, timidity, limbic interaction, hormonal response Date: 2006 Cost: $150 includes poster, card with phone number and date with the artist
		By increasing my visibility, do I increase my chances to find true love and create a family?  Do contemporary methods of meeting people make us disposable; another product on a shelf with endless possibilities?  How do I create a buzz around myself in such a way that I become a desirable life partner, someone with whom a man would want to raise a family?  Are these fundamental desires or are we, as humans, differentiated from other species because we can and do override them?
		Are wealth and power ends in themselves or do we hunger for them in order to be relished more by others...to feel loved? How do I represent different aspects of my self (through print or electronic means,) not only physical attributes, nor activities I enjoy, but parts of my personality, in such a way that someone responds emotionally?
		Climbing at Castle Rock State Park
		Smearing  (using friction on the sole of the climbing shoe, in the absence of any useful footholds.) in Joshua Tree
		With my oldest friend (of 25 years) at my first loves wedding in   Santa Barbara.

		A 3 day trek through the rain forest in Sumatra.  Wearing stockings may look silly, but it was great protection against the leeches.