Friday, October 3, 2008

Identity artwork

Here are some examples of my artwork where I dealt with the issues of identity:


Human after all (v. 2.00), 2007
"Human After All", an ambience set-up from 2005, was recreated in the form of a printed screen for the Telenor foundation's art collection.

http://aleksandarmacasev.blogspot.com/2007/12/human-after-all-v-200.html
http://aleksandarmacasev.blogspot.com/2008/05/telenor-collection-exhibition.html

Human after all, 2005
An ambient consisting of wallpaper with human outline patterns and social-realism style furniture. Visitors are invited to draw the features onto the human outlines on the wallpaper. In filling in the blank outlines, people project their own vision of idols, politicians, stars or just themselves. They create a complex society map and childish fun turns out to be serious business. Be careful what you wish for and whom you choose as an idol. Sloba (Slobodan Milošević) didn't fall from Mars. He was created by the Serbian people.
Postcards with the same pattern are offered so you can distribute your idol around.
http://www.the-mighty.com/art/human-after-all/aleksandar-macasev-human.html


Personal Cards, 2004-2008

Series of personal cards designed for friends. Just a few features added to a generic ginger-bread man figure.
http://aleksandarmacasev.blogspot.com/2008/09/personal-cards-update.html


Danse Macabre, 2002

This work was presented at the VIDEOMEDEJA video festival in Novi Sad , Yugoslavia under the female alias Aleksandra Zivanovic (later Aleksandra Macasev). VIDEOMEDEJA is basicaly female oriented festival that promotes "female art discourse". The author constructs new (female) identity and simulates the "female art discourse" without anyone knowing about the hoax. Organizers accepted the entry and it was exhibited in CD category. Gender identity as a complete social construct that can be manipulated at will.
http://www.the-mighty.com/webart/fishnetart.htm

Fe/Male, 2001
This work deals with the relativity of gender. My portrait transforms in two minutes in my female portrait and vice versa. It repeats ad infinitum. It uses some elements of web iconography (real time clock, loading bar,e tc.). It' s a study of a human face and tiny differences in gender distinction. It was shown as an ambiental work in Belgrade gallery of the Student Cultural Center in December 2001.
http://www.kontrola.co.yu/portrait/portret1.swf

Folie A Deux, 2001
Folie à Deux is a web art work that simulates a test of cognitive reality! It is a simulated test of perception. The authors of this work (A.M. and Andrej Dolinka) are the test subjects that react to basic categories of reality. The reaction is in for of an art expression. The whole work points out the complete disparate perception of reality as well as the noise in Internet communication .
http://www.kontrola.co.yu/follie/1.htm

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