Started in 2007/2008 and continuing as an onging experimental painting technique, Black Hawk Paint utlizies drone as a means for creative application. The drones paint completely unique abstract art onto a canvas laid horizontally on the gallery floor over the period of the work. Each painting takes anywhere from an hour to eight to create.
Part performance piece, part political statement, it hopes to create feelings of conflict within the viewer; a romance of drone technology and creative expression.
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If asked if there is a difference between the Renaissance painting The Birth of Venus (1486) and a Playboy magazine centerfold, most might say it's no contest: one is art and the other exploitative pornography. One is a treasure of human ideals and achievement, the other smut. Are Botticelli and Hugh Hefner really that different? Both project fantasy and erotic imagery through the media of their day. Both are vehicles of gender politics, defining standards of beauty and sexuality. What if adult performers—already mediated sex objects—struck “classic” poses? In Webcam Venus, we asked online sexcam performers to replicate iconic works of fine art.
In Webcam Venus, we asked online sexcam performers to replicate iconic works of art. This piece is an experimental homage to both fine art and the lowbrow internet phenomenon of cams. Sexcams use webcams and chat interfaces to connect amateur adult performers with an audience. Users log on to see men, women, transsexuals, couples and groups broadcast their bodies and sexuality live for the public, often performing for money. To create this experiment in high and low media, we assumed anonymous handles and spent a few hours each day for a month asking performers: “Would you like to pose for me?”
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A project by Addie Wagenknecht & Pablo Garcia. Code by Brannon Dorsey brbxoxo.com
