ASSASSIN’S CREED FIRST PERSON PERSPECTIVE GAMING
AS A FORM OF COSPLAY
DOCUMENTED IN POSTS ON HTTP://COSPLAYINGWHILEBLACK.TUMBLR.COM
VICE DOCUMENTS, SHOOTS IN FILM
THE IMAGES ARE THEN TAKEN, CIRCULATED FREE OF THEIR TEXT
THE BLOGGER – AGGREGATOR OF EVIDENCE OF IMAGINATIVE HYPOTHETICALS
MINED FROM PERIPHERY AND DISPLAYED
SEARCHES FOR TRACES OF A SUBJECTIVITY
AS PORNOGRAPHY DICTATES THE NATURE OF CORPOREALITY
CORPO-SUR-HYPER-REALITY
MORE THAN KANT’S RACISM
MORE THAN ‘CAPITALISM AND SLAVERY’
12 YEARS A SLAVE AS ASSASSIN’S CREED THE MOVIE
A LOVE AFFAIR BETWEEN COSTUME DESIGNER AND SET PHOTOGRAPHER
I DRESS AS I WRITE AS I PAINT-MY-FACE
COLLARS INVAGINATE THE SURFACE OF MY EPIDERMIS AND BLEED MULTIPLE OPENINGS
TO NEW ASSEMBLAGES
THE FIBERS, POLYMERS, METALS, RARE STONES, POLISHES, MAKEUP, AND HAIR PRODUCTS
MODULAR DISPOSABLE &&OR AT LEAST REUSABLE ORGANS THAT CREATE SUBJECTS IN
TRANSITION
CLAIRE’S CLUELESS ELECTRONIC CLOSET AS AN ARCHIVE OF AN F.I.T. WARDROBE
RETROSPECTIVE
HEADDRESS FORM MOROCCO PURCHASED WHILE GLOBETROTTING FOR RARE TEXTILES
A REDUCTION.
ARISTOCRATIC PLAY REDUCED TO SOMETHING SIMPLER, EASIER TO DIGEST, OF
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND SIMPLE BONDS.
VIS-A-VIS THE REFLECTION IN THE LIGHTLY MIRRORED SURFACE OF A HANDHELD DEVICE
BRUSH HAIR AND TURN TO SIDE
A PROFILE IN RELIEF ON IVORY NESTLED BETWEEN THE STARCHED FOLDS OF A ‘VINTAGE’
COLLAR
AVATARS AND SAINTS
USE THE REMAINS,
HOMAGES THAT LINGER IN LOW RESOLUTION AFTER THE WEBSITE HOSTS’ SERVER CLOSES
ITS DOORS
MEMES OF BLACK TRAVELERS ON THE OREGON TRAIL
(#TBT)
WARRANT LAUGHS AS A GROUND TO WATCH THE ANGEL OF HISTORY FLY ABOVE
S/HE HAS BINOCULARS
BOUND IN BODY
GAGGED BY THE PRESENT
HISTORY TRAPPED IN BUBBLES ON POP-UP VIDEO
I AM A PLAYER > SWITCHING BETWEEN 1ST AND 3RD PERSON PERSPECTIVE
A PARADOXICAL WAY OF SEEING THINGS
THE CHEAP SILICONE OF MY COSTUME + WIG SIGNALS A jouissance THAT ISN’T TOO SERIOUS,
BUT IS ALL VERY GRAVE.
Untitled (Assassins Creed I)
C-Type print back mounted on glass / 40 x 60 inches / 2016 / Courtesy of the artist.