Twistedsister
Last update on 10-03-2023
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Strike A Pose No.1 depicts a warped human body twisting into some form of a tornado that merely hints at human representation and qualities. Although in motion, the figure remains static, forcing them into a state of stillness and contemplation.
The grey tones of the body further dehumanise the figure, making it difficult for the eye to draw details from the artwork. The physical depiction of movement is more prevalent. Something which is difficult to portray in physical media becomes exaggerated and expanded in the digital.
Both Strike A Pose No. 1 and the series it belongs to, The Twisted Self, address notions of identity and self-representation in a digital realm. This, in turn, highlights the intricacies of self-portrayal online and in digital spaces, indicating the ability and desire to alter perceptions and representations of the body through digital media.
This piece was created using a rolling shutter effect video generated from a sequence of selected images of a human model posing on a turntable. The physicality of this process is lost in the digital rendering of the model, whose actions and essence is captured in stronger form than their image. This, combined with the androgynous nature of the figure, allows the viewer to project themselves onto the piece, encouraging introspection directly from the digital representation to the physical body.
Strike A Pose No.1
2020
Video/WebM
The Foundry
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Digital Bodies is an online group show curated by Stina Gustafsson, Chloe Diamond, Serena Tabacchi and Marie Chatel featuring works by Cao Fei, Damjanksi, Frenetik Void, Hackatao, Hu Weiyi, Joanne Hastie, Lin Tianmiao, Maurice Benayoun, Miao Xiaochun, Skygolpe, The Fabricant, Travis LeRoy Southworth, and Twistedsister.
“Within the digital realm, the body becomes something we can no longer touch or feel. Often, it stands detached from our actions, forcing us into new ways of associating, observing, and thinking about the body and its relationship to space.
The human body has dominated artistic visions for centuries. With the emergence of new digital instruments comes new ways of exploring what role the body plays in both physical and virtual environments. Fluid boundaries where we alternate between our real and virtual lives imply that our understanding of the body is detached and outdated.
In this exhibition, MoCDA presents artworks that challenge existing notions of the body by exploring the ways in which they are represented across media and how the representation has evolved within a digital sphere. In the first collaboration between the Museum of Contemporary Digital Art and the DSL Collection, presented for CADAF Online 2020, MoCDA seeks to examine the bodily structures that are increasingly challenged and questioned as our daily life is transported, shaped, and augmented by digital technologies.”
(The curators)