{"id":17496,"date":"2014-10-28T15:25:52","date_gmt":"2014-10-28T14:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/?p=17496"},"modified":"2014-10-28T15:25:52","modified_gmt":"2014-10-28T14:25:52","slug":"me-myself-and-art-5-petwelt-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/me-myself-and-art-5-petwelt-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Me, Myself and Art #5: PETWELT"},"content":{"rendered":"

\".*` .*` .* ;`*,`., `, ,`.*.*. *.*` .* ;`*,`., `, ,`.*.*. *.*` .* ;`*,`., `, ,`.*.*. * by Petra Cortright, as seen at Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 gallery. Taken with Samsung Galaxy Alpha<\/p>\n

In our “Me, Myself and Art” series, in collaboration with Samsung Galaxy Alpha, Sleek takes an immersive approach to the art world. Via the medium of writer and stylist\u00a0Ella Plevin<\/a>, and her shiny new Samsung Galaxy Alpha, we bring the art world to you in a uniquely personalised way, utilising performance, selfies and video to present new perspectives on the art scene. Check out #sleekalphaselfie<\/a>\u00a0to win a phone for yourself.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Flashback to last month when artist Petra Cortright<\/a> opened her new solo show “PETWELT” at Berlin\u2019s Soci\u00e9t\u00e9<\/a> gallery. Cortright is master of the selfie<\/a>. She\u2019s been making her short, enigmatic video portraits since 2007; employing various software tools to morph her body, bug out her eyes, adorn herself in composited fireworks and pixel snowflakes or wash her hair in digital flames and ripples. She consistently uses her own image in these works, yet as she told Rhizome in 2011 the webcam here is “not a magnifying glass, it\u2019s a veil”.<\/p>\n

\"BRIDAL BRIDAL SHOWER as seen on the Samsung Galaxy Alpha, also on view at Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 gallery<\/p>\n

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\"Mainbitch.mov Mainbitch.mov Spring Scrap on view at Soci\u00e9t\u00e9. Taken with Samsung Galaxy Alpha<\/p>\n

I caught up with Petra at the opening for an interview (due out in the next issue of Sleek<\/a>) and asked her who she makes work for: “I\u2019d like to think it\u2019s 90% for me and 10% for ‘the internet’\u00a0“<\/b>. In addition to her video works Petra has also made digital paintings, websites and ebooks; digital work that is increasingly travelling into the gallery space in the form of printed silks, canvases and projections like the works at Soci\u00e9t\u00e9.<\/p>\n

\"#SleekAlphaSelfie #SleekAlphaSelfie taken at Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 using the Samsung Galaxy Alpha<\/p>\n

She talks about growing up in a kind of “sweet spot” of the development of digital culture, where experimenting online felt natural but “technology wasn\u2019t so developed that [she] felt entitled to the endless amounts of resources that have become a birthright for kids growing up now”.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"dot dot warp with door on view at Soci\u00e9t\u00e9, taken with the Samsung Galaxy Alpha<\/p>\n

Her aesthetic is instantly recognisable and has gained her an international following that includes high profile admirers like fashion designer Stella McCartney (their first collaboration “dot warp with door” is also on view at Soci\u00e9t\u00e9<\/a>). But despite the leaps forward in hardware and software, her increasing visibility as an artist and any resulting access to resources, Cortright sill limits herself to a simple tool set: webcam, laptop, self.<\/p>\n

Feeling inspired yesterday, I played around with some of the drawing applications available on Android (Line Camera, Photo Merge, Adobe Photoshop Express etc) and the preset stickers in Samsung\u2019s Photo Studio app. Most of the results are too embarrassing to publish. It was fun but, in the end, I think there\u2019s a reason I\u2019m not a net artist…<\/p>\n

Text by\u00a0Ella Plevin<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

PETWELT is at Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 <\/a>until 22 November 2014<\/b><\/p>\n

To see more from our\u00a0Me, Myself and Art<\/a>\u00a0series and to enter to win a Samsung Galaxy Alpha of your own, check out\u00a0our #SleekAlphaSelfies competition<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Check out previous entries here on our #SleekAlphaSelfie Tumblr<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\" #sleekalphaselfie with Petra Cortright made using the Samsung Galaxy Alpha<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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