I just saw some warped CGI models on WeTransfer and they really tap into the themes I am looking at for DI&C A4 – although how this will pan out, I am not sure yet. But I certainly seem to be looking at the way photography’s intrusive nature is really the least of the conundrums it poses for humanity. While photographers obsess about capturing details and moments (yawn), digital tech and advances are actually learning to replace humans altogether. Hence, my focus on birth and genesis and mathematical formulas which record and emulate nature.
“Balenciaga enlisted digital artist Yilmaz Sen to create a trippy social video for its spring/summer 2019 collection, as a continuation of its Jon Rafman-designed show set, which was conceived to feel like the inside of a computer. In the Instagram clip, models stand in a nondescript part of Copenhagen’s meatpacking district and stare directly at the camera. With their dead eyes holding the viewer’s attention, the Balenciaga-clad bodies start to move in a way that is impossible with the human anatomy. The word “eerie” doesn’t even cut it. “I wanted to create something unpleasant for the viewer,” Sen told Vogue. “I had maybe a little sinful approach to that.”” (Newbold, 2018)
Lordy, I wish I knew how to do what Yilmaz Sen can do….
Visit Wetransfer to see more (Accessed 19/12/2018) or Sen’s IG…
https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/balenciaga-cgi-campaign-yilmaz-sen-resort-2019
https://www.instagram.com/p/BqKAu1wg2YC/?utm_source=ig_embed