Once we found a
tank with the most amazing collection
of fish — sea horses, killer whales, sharks, sea turtles — but all
of them were dead, floating on the
surface.
The experience was a bit bewildering at first, since the studio is a laboratory where the artist has more than a dozen «experiments» going simultaneously: a giant firefly contraption takes up a swing - set zone; materials for an upcoming performance are laid out on every
surface of the seating and sofa zone;
fish tanks surround a computer zone and provide the staging ground for an oceanic corral project; dozens
of human arm forms, cast in a Black Power salute and cast in gold, are lined up along a wall, in preparation for a huge installation in Washington, D.C. this fall; a 3 - D printer is on pause as it creates Lilliputian figures for who - knows - what; and everywhere are various staging grounds
of plastic models which will eventually be sprayed in gold and mounted on pins, to create Kaino's now - signature six - foot - tall, glittering gold pin drawings that suggest atomized worlds.