Human Rights//Down Bad
DIGITAL MIXED MEDIA: AI + Vintage Glitch process utilizing Photomosh + After Effects Created and minted for the Sotheby's historic Glitch: Beyond Binary show and auction. Auction Notes: This exquisite artwork, named "Human Rights//Down Bad," is a mesmerizing animated collage that seamlessly blends AI and video editing software to produce a unique Vintage Glitch aesthetic Empress Trash has developed through synthesis of multiple different digital processes. The core theme of all works in Vintage Glitch style is a commentary on the impact of early mass media and technology on our perception of society and revisits the past to recode and contextualize its implications in modern times. Empress Trash utilized a photo of three Pussy Riot members in chains as the primary source image, paying homage to the renowned Feminist Art Activists, and applied AI processing combined with her visual work to generate various striking compositions. The artist skillfully combined these elements to create the final composition which she then processed through Photomosh and Adobe After Effects to achieve the half-tone, psychedelic loop. Initially conceived to be named "Women's Rights//Down Bad," the artwork's title was finalized to "Human Rights" to emphasize that women's rights are a fundamental aspect of human rights, not a separate right to question, and their violation affects humanity as a whole. The artist's use of the graph and "down bad" language highlights how financial market dynamics can evoke strong emotions, whereas stripping away someone's rights doesn't always have the same visceral response to some, pointing to the need for greater advocacy and action for human rights overall.
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Onchain History
Hearts and Glitches is the first-ever glitch art exhibition in Korea that showcases phenomenal artists who are writing the course of glitch art’s history today.
Start date:
2023-06-07
End date:
2024-03-17
Owner:
0x84...3d70
Exhibitor:
Location:
Aeon Studio @ Uncommon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Link:
https://www.aeonstudioverse.com/ourwork/hearts-and-glitches
Sotheby’s New York is thrilled to announce Glitch: Beyond Binary, which introduces glitch art as an umbrella term for the many waves and perspectives glitch art can encompass. It presents the genre not just as a procedural or aesthetic practice, but also highlights the diverse groups of artists that make up the glitch art communities. While these occurrences are rarely anticipated and usually unwelcome, glitch artists may in fact intentionally provoke them. Glitch: Beyond Binary showcases the various forms in which glitch artists have used disruption, both in the analog and digital realms, as well as for various forms of political and identity expression. These communities do not just identify as male or female but consist of people from every gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, language, neuro-type, size, ability, class, religion, culture, subculture, political opinion, age, skill level, occupation, and background.
Start date:
2023-04-14
End date:
2023-04-16
Owner:
0x84...3d70
Exhibitor:
Location:
Sotheby's HQ, NYC
Link:
https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2023/glitch-beyond-binary/human-rights-down-bad
