Wasted, Paint-Oozing Santa Destroys Toys In Bushwick

BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN -- Santa is wasted, destroying the toys, making out with a rebellious elf and dripping in paint.

This is not a snapshot of what's happening up at the North Pole right now, it's the preview of "Bad Santa and the Rebel Elf," a new four-hour performance from Bushwick artists Michael Alan Alien and Jadda Cat, slated for Dec. 22 at 8 p.m.

"[It's] an endless lovers performance, kissing, oozing paint from their mouths and bodies for four hours," Alan writes of the show. "Jadda Cat gets wild, making mutilated dollies and paint bombs for the children. "

"They are creating toys live, while kissing each other with paint on their mouths..... is it real? Like, really real?"

The show explores holiday traditions and the impact they have on the human experience with living sculptures, projections of "ridiculous YouTube videos" and depictions of telling moments between Santa, Mrs. Claus and an avant-garde elf.

"Traditions make us forget why, and make us do," Alan explains. "Live FOR Now and live for those you lost!"

"Bad Santa and the Rebel Elf" is the latest in a series of living installations, performed live at the couple's Bushwick studio and streamed on YouTube, that have been merging performance, body art, comedy, live music and projection since 2002, according to Alan's website.

"The show itself is the up-close creation and development of wacky characters with every material imaginable," the artists promise. "It's like nothing else, so it's impossible to paraphrase."

Bad Santa And The Rebel Elf
When: Dec. 22 at 8 p.m.
Where: Michael Alan Studios Bushwick, address provided with ticket sale.
Cost: $20 a ticket, available here.

Photos courtesy of Michael Alan