Martin Müller

καλὸς κἀγαθός (“good and sublime”) is the ancient greek describtion of the ideal man. He combines his well-trained body with an excellent mind. He is #beautiful #athletic #sophisticated. He is ready for combat at all times, for his body and mind are potent. You can find him carved out of stone, kept for eternity – but also in the eternal stream of images on Instagram.

Under the Title #OMGuSoMasc I started an artistic research about concepts of masculinity and aesthetic modes of representation that are tethered with them. The research seeks a critical deconstruction of those aesthetics, beginning at the origin of western male body representation with ancient Greek sculptures and building a bridge towards today‘s instagram feeds. Out the frame of #OMGuSoMasc several photo and video works and a performance emerged.

With static photographic collages I began to fragment body parts and overlay them towards infinity. Now I am looking for ways to translate those modes of fragmentation and superposition into something more haptic, materialized, and lively.

https://www.instagram.com/kalos_kagathos/

The goal is to re-translate those virtual representations into something corporeal...

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Sketch:

https://vimeo.com/672691192

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Influences:

KOMBUCHA LEATHER

https://www.behance.net/gallery/82760205/Kombucha-leather

YING GAO

https://vimeo.com/yinggao/flowingwater

http://yinggao.ca/interactifs/flowing-water-standing-time/

DOREEN GARNER

https://www.artforum.com/print/reviews/201802/doreen-garner-and-kenya-robinson-73687

https://halle-fuer-kunst.at/ausstellungen/doreen-garner-steal-kill-and-destroy-a-thief-who-intended-them-maximum-harm/

GORY ORGY INC.

https://twitter.com/GoryOrgy_/status/1488445303393222656

https://www.instagram.com/goryorgyincorporated/