Water and fire, night and day, sun and moon, and Cancer and Leo. We met on Grindr, but don't judge us on that, back in Ocotber of 2012. Though it's only been about four months, it feels as though this relationship is built to last. Being that we are so different in a lot of aspects, we do tend to butt heads sometimes, but our differences allow to learn and grow from each other. I love him with all my heart, and I know he feels the same. Forever.

I am interested in what the ‘natural’ progression of inkjet printing without resupplying empty ink cartridges looks like, and what this says about the life trajectories and cycles of boys and buildings. Sourced images via screen-capturing my iPhone are fed through a consumer-grade inkjet printer, nuancing both appropriation and the creation of the “new” through the 21st-century lens of technology. The work also asks the viewer to reconsider the “ideal” within the gamut of degradation and revitalization. The resulting images aren't exactly what the inkjet printers are designed for- slick digital photographs. There is often a struggle between the printer and the original image, “as it should be printed,” - and the traces of this are left on the surface- clogged printer nozzles leave streaks resulting in imperfect images or “mis-prints.”

This is what happens when I run out of people to shoot - you get a pic of me looking sweaty! There's a hardly used sauna in my building which I've been using every night this week to see if it does anything for my rubbish immune system. For this shot I'm clothed from the waist down though - didn't want anyone coming in and thinking I was shooting my profile pic for Grindr! I've been trying to learn about matching the colour temperature of electrical lights with the light from a flash and got myself some coloured gels to try it out. Sauna=warm light, so balance with a warm gel... then after all that messing around I went with black and white for the final pic since colour was looking way too homosexual!

I am interested in what the ‘natural’ progression of inkjet printing without resupplying empty ink cartridges looks like, and what this says about the life trajectories and cycles of boys and buildings. Sourced images via screen-capturing my iPhone are fed through a consumer-grade inkjet printer, nuancing both appropriation and the creation of the “new” through the 21st-century lens of technology. The work also asks the viewer to reconsider the “ideal” within the gamut of degradation and revitalization. The resulting images aren't exactly what the inkjet printers are designed for- slick digital photographs. There is often a struggle between the printer and the original image, “as it should be printed,” - and the traces of this are left on the surface- clogged printer nozzles leave streaks resulting in imperfect images or “mis-prints.”

I am interested in what the ‘natural’ progression of inkjet printing without resupplying empty ink cartridges looks like, and what this says about the life trajectories and cycles of boys and buildings. Sourced images via screen-capturing my iPhone are fed through a consumer-grade inkjet printer, nuancing both appropriation and the creation of the “new” through the 21st-century lens of technology. The work also asks the viewer to reconsider the “ideal” within the gamut of degradation and revitalization. The resulting images aren't exactly what the inkjet printers are designed for- slick digital photographs. There is often a struggle between the printer and the original image, “as it should be printed,” - and the traces of this are left on the surface- clogged printer nozzles leave streaks resulting in imperfect images or “mis-prints.”

I am interested in what the ‘natural’ progression of inkjet printing without resupplying empty ink cartridges looks like, and what this says about the life trajectories and cycles of boys and buildings. Sourced images via screen-capturing my iPhone are fed through a consumer-grade inkjet printer, nuancing both appropriation and the creation of the “new” through the 21st-century lens of technology. The work also asks the viewer to reconsider the “ideal” within the gamut of degradation and revitalization. The resulting images aren't exactly what the inkjet printers are designed for- slick digital photographs. There is often a struggle between the printer and the original image, “as it should be printed,” - and the traces of this are left on the surface- clogged printer nozzles leave streaks resulting in imperfect images or “mis-prints.”

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I am interested in what the ‘natural’ progression of inkjet printing without resupplying empty ink cartridges looks like, and what this says about the life trajectories and cycles of boys and buildings. Sourced images via screen-capturing my iPhone are fed through a consumer-grade inkjet printer, nuancing both appropriation and the creation of the “new” through the 21st-century lens of technology. The work also asks the viewer to reconsider the “ideal” within the gamut of degradation and revitalization. The resulting images aren't exactly what the inkjet printers are designed for- slick digital photographs. There is often a struggle between the printer and the original image, “as it should be printed,” - and the traces of this are left on the surface- clogged printer nozzles leave streaks resulting in imperfect images or “mis-prints.”

I am interested in what the ‘natural’ progression of inkjet printing without resupplying empty ink cartridges looks like, and what this says about the life trajectories and cycles of boys and buildings. Sourced images via screen-capturing my iPhone are fed through a consumer-grade inkjet printer, nuancing both appropriation and the creation of the “new” through the 21st-century lens of technology. The work also asks the viewer to reconsider the “ideal” within the gamut of degradation and revitalization. The resulting images aren't exactly what the inkjet printers are designed for- slick digital photographs. There is often a struggle between the printer and the original image, “as it should be printed,” - and the traces of this are left on the surface- clogged printer nozzles leave streaks resulting in imperfect images or “mis-prints.”

Over the break and over the last couple of weeks I have been experimenting with how to represent these ideas. My recent experiments explore this aging cycle by repeatedly printing images with a basic consumer-grade inkjet printer until the ink from the printer has completely been depleted. The image quality of the photographs progressively becomes poorer and poorer until the image “disappears.” After the image no longer printed I was interested in the processes of “renovating” or “gentrifying” by replacing the exhausted ink tanks with new ones, in an effort to be able to print the image again “as it should be seen.” In the same way that the aging and gentrifying processes have an effect on neighborhoods, I want to see the effect that continual inkjet printing has on images.

Voy a chequear el Grindr que, seguro, hay alguien por aquí/let me check Grindr, I'm sure there must be someone close/

Gay Pride Madrid, 2018

Last one in the depression series (I hope) and this is the need for distraction.

Whilst I am unable to determine whether heavy online use causes depression, or if depressed people are drawn to online activity.

All I know is that a mobile phone just makes it easier for you to stay connected to the world, to stay in touch with things that one should really avoid as a means of protecting your mental health.

When one is feeling depressed or having a bout of anxiety attacks, the constant checking of social media apps such as Facebook, Instagram, Grindr etc really play on your mind, you tend read into every situation and for the wrong reasons.

As hard as it is, there comes a time when you need to simply just turn it off!

I want to take the “posters” of torsos and the boy band, One Direction, I created in the summer (which were printed on a cheap and disposable bond paper) and expose them to the elements. I want to set them outside in the Las Vegas sun. I want to see the effect that the Mojave desert has on images. How does time affect the appeal of both the torsos sourced from Grindr or the youth of the One Direction members? While both of the Grindr torsos and One Direction are sexually appealing at the moment, what happens over a span of time? What happens as the ills of aging, hooking-up, and quick fame take over? How can one see or predict their future in an image? Even though these attractive people exist, they are so of-the-moment; their appeal is probably not timeless. I am interested in how the desert quickly ages or “wears-out” the cheap and superficial nature of these posters.

Installation of Spring 2013 Midterm Work.

Here the black and white re-photograph (originally an Instagram) was printed using a ‘grayscale’ setting and the regular ‘ color’ setting. In the second iteration of this piece (the ‘color’ version) the printer attempts to interpret the black and white image through the lens of CMYK rather than using only gray and black inks. The printer, exhausted of all of its color cartridges is unable to accurately reproduce the image. The viewer is left to consider the desirability of “the properly printed” image versus the flawed print.

Over the break and over the last couple of weeks I have been experimenting with how to represent these ideas. My recent experiments explore this aging cycle by repeatedly printing images with a basic consumer-grade inkjet printer until the ink from the printer has completely been depleted. The image quality of the photographs progressively becomes poorer and poorer until the image “disappears.” After the image no longer printed I was interested in the processes of “renovating” or “gentrifying” by replacing the exhausted ink tanks with new ones, in an effort to be able to print the image again “as it should be seen.” In the same way that the aging and gentrifying processes have an effect on neighborhoods, I want to see the effect that continual inkjet printing has on images.

Over the break and over the last couple of weeks I have been experimenting with how to represent these ideas. My recent experiments explore this aging cycle by repeatedly printing images with a basic consumer-grade inkjet printer until the ink from the printer has completely been depleted. The image quality of the photographs progressively becomes poorer and poorer until the image “disappears.” After the image no longer printed I was interested in the processes of “renovating” or “gentrifying” by replacing the exhausted ink tanks with new ones, in an effort to be able to print the image again “as it should be seen.” In the same way that the aging and gentrifying processes have an effect on neighborhoods, I want to see the effect that continual inkjet printing has on images.

I want to take the “posters” of torsos and the boy band, One Direction, I created in the summer (which were printed on a cheap and disposable bond paper) and expose them to the elements. I want to set them outside in the Las Vegas sun. I want to see the effect that the Mojave desert has on images. How does time affect the appeal of both the torsos sourced from Grindr or the youth of the One Direction members? While both of the Grindr torsos and One Direction are sexually appealing at the moment, what happens over a span of time? What happens as the ills of aging, hooking-up, and quick fame take over? How can one see or predict their future in an image? Even though these attractive people exist, they are so of-the-moment; their appeal is probably not timeless. I am interested in how the desert quickly ages or “wears-out” the cheap and superficial nature of these posters.

Over the break and over the last couple of weeks I have been experimenting with how to represent these ideas. My recent experiments explore this aging cycle by repeatedly printing images with a basic consumer-grade inkjet printer until the ink from the printer has completely been depleted. The image quality of the photographs progressively becomes poorer and poorer until the image “disappears.” After the image no longer printed I was interested in the processes of “renovating” or “gentrifying” by replacing the exhausted ink tanks with new ones, in an effort to be able to print the image again “as it should be seen.” In the same way that the aging and gentrifying processes have an effect on neighborhoods, I want to see the effect that continual inkjet printing has on images.

Installation of Spring 2013 Midterm Work.

Here the black and white re-photograph (originally an Instagram) was printed using a ‘grayscale’ setting and the regular ‘ color’ setting. In the second iteration of this piece (the ‘color’ version) the printer attempts to interpret the black and white image through the lens of CMYK rather than using only gray and black inks. The printer, exhausted of all of its color cartridges is unable to accurately reproduce the image. The viewer is left to consider the desirability of “the properly printed” image versus the flawed print.

Time to Delete #GrindR LMAO

I want to take the “posters” of torsos and the boy band, One Direction, I created in the summer (which were printed on a cheap and disposable bond paper) and expose them to the elements. I want to set them outside in the Las Vegas sun. I want to see the effect that the Mojave desert has on images. How does time affect the appeal of both the torsos sourced from Grindr or the youth of the One Direction members? While both of the Grindr torsos and One Direction are sexually appealing at the moment, what happens over a span of time? What happens as the ills of aging, hooking-up, and quick fame take over? How can one see or predict their future in an image? Even though these attractive people exist, they are so of-the-moment; their appeal is probably not timeless. I am interested in how the desert quickly ages or “wears-out” the cheap and superficial nature of these posters.