Emma
- Don Quijote homages in the style of mouse people
- Commision glass artist for miniatures that act as stand ins for roleplay character
- Make merch around commissioned character
Te: How are you exploring this world in a way that is informing a concept rather than just participating in the community in the same way you normally would?
E: How would artists react to their character being taken away?
One on one interaction with artist and slowly steal their character…
Ta: Is this along the lines of a marketing exercise?
E: Yes because I had the intention of joining the subreddit and drawing in return for mild recognition.
Ta: Your approach is pragmatic in a way that is important when making interesting work.
Ta: How interested are you in tying in historical references?
E: Historical references are more present in my glassworking. More involved in internet culture in terms of illustration.
Ta: It’s interesting that you mention Dnd because there is so much lore there that I can’t see how that wouldn’t be a part of the canon for western art history.
E: When drawing animals the context of objectification of bodies is eliminated to a certain extent.
Ta: Are you doing research on mythology linking humans and animals.
E: No because I want to just reference internet culture with no deeper meaning other than that I’m referencing internet culture.
Ta: There are definitely masc and femme associations with animals and the fact that you are subverting that is interesting.
Ta: (in regards to “snake people” from DnD) If you gave some sort of reference or visual vocabulary then it would inform my experience as a viewer much more.
E: I don’t like referencing sexuality in my art. I dont think it’s relevant to my practice.
Ta: Straying away from furry culture so radically is interesting.
Ta: How many commissions do you think you’ll do?
E: I don’t get a ton of requests but I have found that I get more requests now that I’ve been drawing animals. I’ve accessed the market of people that want animal drawings sans sexuality.
Ta: How many commissions will you do for the archive before the archive speaks for itself?
E: 30-50… want to find common tropes of someone who requests a certain animal
Ta: When it comes to reference (earlier comment), when you have more pieces in your body of work the reference becomes less necessary.
Tashi
- Google search for bios with “fame” included
- Archive will be comprised of profiles that have the phrase “famous someday”
- Interviewed Boston skater about his thoughts on fame
E: Are you planning on interviewing more acquaintances or online strangers?
Ta: I am open to collaboration with anyone, but covid is limiting.
E: Interview is very good foundation to jump off of, interviewing more will allow you to categorize subjects… are they self aware?
Ta: I definitely want to interview someone who is not typically confrontational on the fringes of society but avoiding exploitation. Omegle interviews?
T: I think a platform like omegle will work well for facilitating the kind of conversation that you want, but you might get people who are completely fabricating every answer.
Teresa
Ta: Are you aware of the fact that these men are probing you to reveal something particular about yourself in the same way you are them?
Te: I realize that the fact that I very easily take on this role for the sake of research reveals something about me or how society socializes afabs in general, but I don’t think they have any sort of intellectual power over me in this situation because I am self aware and they are not.
Zoom call cut off discussion
