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RED, YELLOW AND BLUE

CURRENT
SERIES

CONTENT AWARE LIFE, 2024

CONTENT AWARE LIFE I, 2024

IN THIS FIRST SERIES OF 'CONTENT AWARE LIFE' WE SEE A GREAT VARIETY OF PEOPLE IN SNAPSHOTS OF DAILY LIFE BUT FRAGMENTED, SOMETIMES BEYOND RECOGNITION.

THESE COLLAGES ARE MADE OF STOCK PHOTOS FOUND ON THE WEB AND ARE THEN MADE INTO CALEIDOSCOPIC IMAGES THROUGH DIGITAL MANIPULATION AND A.I. POWERED CONTENT FILL FUNCTIONALITIES.

I'M NOT AFRAID OF RED, YELLOW AND BLUE, 2025

A TRIPTYCH INSPIRED BY BARNETT NEWMAN'S FAMOUS PAINTING. THESE ARE COLLAGES BASED ON VINTAGE PORN PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE 70'S AND ADDRESS THEMES SUCH AS THE FEMALE BODY, GENDER AND SEXUALITY. 

PRETENSE, 2024

IDENTITY, 2024

​IN THESE MORE TRADITIONAL, PHYSICAL COLLAGES FEMALE AND MALE PRESENTING IMAGES ARE COMBINED TO CREATE A NEW FORM, A NEW IDENTITY. AN IDENTITY THAT IS BEYOND THE BINARY AND IS DEFINED BY THE FRAGMENTS OF SELF.

POEMS ARE HAND-WRITTEN ON THESE COLLAGES, REFLECTING THE STRUGGLES THEY FACE IN THEIR OWN DAILY LIFE, AS A GENDER NON-CONFORMING PERSON. 

NUN, 2024

NUN, 2024

A SERIES OF SCREENSHOTS FROM THE 1984 FILM 'NUN IN ROPE HELL' BY DIRECTOR KATSUHIKO FUJII. THESE SCREENSHOTS ARE OF A SCENE IN WHICH A MAN HAS SUBMISSIVE AND FORCEFUL SEX WITH A WOMAN,  AND ARE DIGITALLY MANIPULATED TO CREATE A GLITCH EFFECT, DISTORTING AND EVEN EMPHASIZING THE HARSH REALITY OF THE SCENE.

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THE TITLE 'NUN' IS A PALINDROME AND A CONSCIOUS CHOICE TO PUT FORWARD THE IDEA OF LOOKING AT SOMETHING IN MORE THAN JUST ONE WAY.

CONTENT AWARE LIFE II, 2024

CAL II

A SECOND SERIES OF CONTENT AWARE LIFE IMAGES FEATURES MOSTLY NUDES. PURE, NATURAL, YET DEFORMED.  

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