Tag:
body politics
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Becoming an Image
Read more: Becoming an ImageCassils’ Becoming an Image confronts issues of queer and trans visibility, bodily violence, and the politics of witnessing. The performance uses a powerful blend of media—including live action in darkness, flash photography, clay sculpture, and sound—to explore how trauma and…
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Domestic Tension
Read more: Domestic TensionWafaa Bilal’s childhood in Iraq was defined by the horrific rule of Saddam Hussein, two wars, a bloody uprising, and time spent interned in chaotic refugee camps in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Bilal eventually made it to the U.S. to…
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Wait Watchers
Read more: Wait WatchersFrom the photographer’s website: For my series, Wait Watchers, I set up a camera in a heavy-traffic, public area and take hundreds of photographs as I perform mundane, everyday tasks as people pass by me. I then examine the images…
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Attractive & Fat
Read more: Attractive & FatJes Baker is cutting retailer Abercrombie & Fitch down to size. Baker, who blogs under the name “The Militant Baker” and wears a size 22, changed the brand’s A&F logo to “Attractive & Fat” in a mock, black-and-white Abercrombie ad…
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Fat Barbie
Read more: Fat BarbieFor those of you unfamiliar with the wonderful Worth1000, it’s a website that hosts creative contests of all kinds, most notably for photoshoppers who are outstanding at what they do. Hell, just look at the first question on the site’s…
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H&M Ad-busting
Read more: H&M Ad-bustingArtist Daniel Soares pasted Photoshop toolbar stickers on these H&M posters as a nice little reminder that not all is as it seems. Y’all know how Photoshop messes with our perception of beauty, and I think this is a smart…