Tuesday, February 5, 2008

"We Saw Doomsday In August / What Dicks!!!/ My Dick's the Bomb"

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That's what Trans'jen'der thinks. You? PARTICIPATE --->

Postscript: So, I'm sitting here at sunrise thinking about this slightly disturbing animated GIF that I've made. What comes to mind in this very self-consious reflection is the art of Mapplethorpe (specifically Man In Polyster Suit), video game motifs such as "Space Invaders" and "Breakout", as well the the classic, apocalyptic nightmares that haunted me for a short time as a child (sans dicks). Have all of these ideas collided and made this image go from nerve to finger and ultimately to HTML? What would Freud say? In a visual culture that condemns the display of cock (see this great article on film ratings changing from an R rating to NC-17 because of the exposed male organ), you might wonder why that certain muscle ain't gettin' no love. How have we moved from this to this, from beauty to censorship? Perhaps some of the people from the D(X)CRIT program could shed some light on the matter?

1 comment:

jenn said...

i sense gaynger gaynger = gay danger

i am the Arc Gayngel here at work.