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THIS SECTION CONTAINS A SELECTED BODY OF PERSONAL WORK, INCLUDING CONCEPTUAL PIECES EXPLORING QUEER IDENTITY, MEMORY, TRANSFORMATION, digital avatars, AND THE BODY. SOME WORKS INCLUDE ARTISTIC NUDITY.
CLOUD
CLOUD EXPLORES SPACES OF SELF-PRESENTATION, DISAPPEARANCE, AND PRESERVATION. THE WORK EXAMINES HOW IDENTITY IS CONSTRUCTED THROUGH FRAGMENTS, GESTURES, NETWORKED TRACES,
AND HOW MEMORY IS MEDIATED THROUGH DIGITAL FOOTPRINTS.
CLOUD, New York, 2013, Edited video from a 10 min live-streamed presentation
CLOUD, New York, 2013. Presentation view. Audience gathers beneath the performer, viewing a four-way split live stream while he broadcasts from directly above.
LOOKING 4 SAME
LOOKING 4 SAME CONFRONTS THE TENSIONS BETWEEN INTIMACY, SURVEILLANCE, AND BEHAVIORAL CONDITIONING WITHIN QUEER DIGITAL PLATFORMS. THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY, VIDEO, AND artist book, THE WORK ATTEMPTS TO DISRUPT THE PROTOCOLS OF THESE SYSTEMS AND MODES OF ENCOUNTER TO IMAGINE ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF INTIMACY BEYOND HYPER-EFFICIENCY AND SEXUAL EXPECTATION
THE PROJECT EMPLOYS ROLE REVERSAL AND REENACTMENT AS A FORMAL STRATEGY: PARTICIPANTS FIRST DOCUMENT THEMSELVES, WHILE THE ARTIST LATER REPERFORMS THEIR ACTIONS IN AN EXCHANGE THAT NEGOTIATES INTIMACY, PERFORMANCE, AND POWER.
Looking 4 Same, solo exhibit view, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, NYC, 2014
Looking 4 Same, 2014, mixed media-Printed book, large-scale photographs, video
Looking 4 Same, solo exhibit view, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, 2014.
boy portal
BOY PORTAL IS AN IMMERSIVE INSTALLATION AND VIDEO WORK EXAMINING HOW DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES SHAPE INTIMACY, VOYEURISM, AND OUR DESIRE FOR CONNECTION. DRAWING FROM PERSONAL FOOTAGE, FOUND IMAGERY, AND RECORDED PERFORMANCE, THE WORK MOVES THROUGH THE EXPERIENCE OF LIVING IN-BETWEEN PHYSICAL AND LIMINAL WORLDS.
BOY PORTAL, 2013, mixed media: two channel video installation, color, sound, TRT 2:22, 7:39 looped, metal, electric tape, television, fabric, flexi-glass, Installation view.
NO BAD ANGLES
NO BAD ANGLES is A VIDEO SELFIE SERIES COMPOSED OF SINGLE-front facing phone shots ALTERED THROUGH FILTERS AND POST-PRODUCTION EFFECTS. THROUGH ACTS OF RECORDING AND MANIPULATION, THE WORK REFLECTS ON IDENTITY AS SOMETHING CONSTRUCTED, FRAGMENTED, AND ARCHIVED, ASKING WHAT REMAINS OF THE SELF(IE) WHEN THE PHYSICAL BODY CEASES TO EXISTS.
No Bad Angles series: #DANCING(left), #SLEEPING (center), #WALKING (right), 2013, video, color, sound (original track by Krystallati)
No Bad Angles series, exhibit view,
Part of Group Show "Liminal State" at
Projekt722, Brooklyn, NY, 2013
No Bad Angles series, exhibit view,
Part of Group Show "Liminal State" at
Projekt722, 2013
DERRICKIN720
DERRICKIN720 IS AN INTEGRATED MEDIA INSTALLATION EXPLORING SELF-PRESENTATION, MEMORY, AND LIFE IN-BETWEEN STATES. THROUGH CINEMATIC POSTERS LINKING TO VIDEO BLOGS, THE WORK MOVES THROUGH PERSONAL REFLECTION, ADOLESCENCE, AND BECOMING, THROUGH DERRICK’S LENS. DRAWING FROM THE LANGUAGE OF ONLINE DIARIES AND EARLY INTERNET CULTURE, THE PROJECT TRACES THE MOVEMENT BETWEEN PRIVATE EXPERIENCE, PERFORMANCE, INTIMACY, AND PUBLIC SPECTACLE.
Derrickin720, 2012, mixed media installation: archival inkjet print, transcript on paper,posters: 27” X 40”. QR code link to Derrickin720 Vlog
Derrickin720, part of DIAP Group Show, exhibit view, CCNY Gallery, NYC, 2013
Derrickin720, part of DIAP Group Show, exhibit view, CCNY Gallery, NYC, 2012
PHOTOGRAPHY
GHOSTS
GHOSTS PRESENTS A CONTINUAL CYCLE OF SELF-PRESENTATION AND REPLICATION THROUGH ACTS OF IMITATION AND EXCHANGE.THE INSTALLATION FOLLOWS TWO FIGURES MIRRORING EACH OTHER’S MOVEMENTS, CONTINUALLY REVERSING ROLES BETWEEN LEADER AND FOLLOWER. THROUGH THIS REPETITIVE SHIFT, THE WORK EXAMINES HOW IDENTITY IS ABSORBED, PERFORMED, AND RECONSTRUCTED THROUGH RECURSIVE FEEDBACK
GHOSTS INSTALLATION VIEW, THE FALCI BUILDING, QUEENS, NY, PART OF CHASHAMA.ORG SUMMER PERFORMANCE SERIES, 2014.
GHOSTS INSTALLATION VIEW, THE FALCI BUILDING, PART OF CHASHAMA.ORG SUMMER PERFORMANCE SERIES, 2014
HOST AND INHABITANT REMIX
REMIXED WORKS CREATED FOR SUSPECT JOURNAL, FOR SINGAPORE UNBOUND, IN RESPONSE TO ROE ON RAW MEAT BY HONG KONG–BASED AUTHOR YU XI. DEVELOPED FROM A PREVIOUSLY COMMISSIONED COMMERCIAL WORK, THE IMAGES WERE REDRAWN, DIGITIZED,
AI-ENHANCED, AND REMIXED THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLAGE.
ghosts 13.0
work in progress. POST COVID, POST PREP, POST AI BOTS, POST DATA CENTERS, ghost returns 13 years later in 2027.
HERBERT LACSINA RECEIVED HIS BFA FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER AND MFA IN DIGITAL AND INTERDISCIPLINARY ART PRACTICE FROM THE CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK. WORKING ACROSS VIDEO, PRINT, PERFORMANCE, AND INSTALLATION, HIS PRACTICE EXPLORES HOW DIGITAL CULTURE SHAPES IDENTITY, PRESENTATION, AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR. HIS WORK OFTEN EXAMINES THE “QUEER SELFIE” AND STRATEGIES OF RESISTANCE WITHIN DIGITAL SYSTEMS
HERBERT LACSINA RECEIVED HIS BFA FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER AND MFA IN DIGITAL AND INTERDISCIPLINARY ART PRACTICE FROM THE CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK. WORKING ACROSS VIDEO, PRINT, PERFORMANCE, AND INSTALLATION, HIS PRACTICE EXPLORES HOW DIGITAL CULTURE SHAPES IDENTITY, PRESENTATION, AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR. HIS WORK OFTEN EXAMINES THE “QUEER SELFIE” AND STRATEGIES OF RESISTANCE WITHIN DIGITAL SYSTEMS
HERBERT LACSINA RECEIVED HIS BFA FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER AND MFA IN DIGITAL AND INTERDISCIPLINARY ART PRACTICE FROM THE CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK. WORKING ACROSS VIDEO, PRINT, PERFORMANCE, AND INSTALLATION, HIS PRACTICE EXPLORES HOW DIGITAL CULTURE SHAPES IDENTITY, PRESENTATION, AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR. HIS WORK OFTEN EXAMINES THE “QUEER SELFIE” AND STRATEGIES OF RESISTANCE WITHIN DIGITAL SYSTEMS
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