[Last modified: November, 28 2024 11:01 PM]
You are in a human room, in a human street. The bedroom is made, and makeup and accessories are laid out in front of the mirror. you observe the artist dubbing white paint in their face and neck, taking it down and fading in the rest of their body. The movement is done so fast as if it comes from body memory. It does come from body memory. It is a process of laying a foundational characteristic replicated so many times for the individual getting ready. It is the same as taking a shower. Minutes pass by, and an outsider might be getting impatient, but the artist takes great care to complete this essential part of the routine with no complaints. After the paint comes powder. You see the residue of these materials still on the brushes that are used daily for the same purpose. time has passed, and the foundation is laid. shadows cast differently in the human body now. It is time for more creative movements to take place. Bold colours and finer paint brushes are the new tools, and they curve shapes in the faceless like makeup and more like new types of animal patterns.
The choice of clothing or lack of is essential for the final product of what they are creating. The labourus process of getting ready in this setting is not to showcase this experssion in a temporal social setting. It is done to be imortalized on the digital extension of the social body of the artist. They chose to almost be naked, the main fashioning of the body being hair reinveting hairlines, and the paitning. They then take their props and go witha friend who is dressed normally to be photographed in their location of choice.
It is the garden of their house, nearby the shed. They have a mental image of what body parts they need to photograph in what location in order to collage and construct their desire anatomy later. The process of capturing the image is not a traditional one. Elements of the final single image are shot strategically in procession. First the core of the body with attention on thw facial perception. Then, the extra limbs are. shot by staying in posiytion but bending in unconventional positions that place the limbs in the right light and gravity that will allow the natural overlay on the core. You end up taking many different addiotnal positions. The photographer is activly staying as syill as they can since any change of angle would distort the realisim of the final image and would make the labour needed to shape the final expression useless.
when this is done, they go back into the comfort of the human house. they get undressed or stay in the makeup to enjoy more moments of freedom and unconventionality. they jump into editing immediately. similar to a plastic surgeon, their scalpel is Photoshop. they dismember and reassemble themselves cumulatively. this makes them smile. They fidget. seeing their limbs move in the digital space freely makes them happy. the freedom of rearrangement is empowering. The expression now takes the form of still repetitive labour with attention to detail in front of a screen. the finger’s movements and the precision are essential.