PERFORMATIVITY Video work by the performance artist BOY CHILD. WARNING: This video is fieeeeeeeeeeeeeeerce!! Yup. I adore the work of Boychild. You can’t really classify what he/she does because it’s a mix of so many things, that it’s a whole new thing entirely. The work pushes boundaries of what is grotesque and what is art. […]
Reflection, distortion, self… Steina Vasulka memories came up. She and Woody came to Concordia when I was there and showed us their new work at the time. The Vasulka’s work is always worth a revisit.
Random thoughts on the use of mirrors as a strong trend in Contemporary Art. I am not referring to internal reflection, I literally mean: Reflection. Mirrors play on the viewer’s vanity in order to engage them, but at the same time it’s almost impossible to see oneself when the viewer is too close to […]