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Maria/Charlie 21 y/o Moscow based artist

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Hey tumblr people!

I’ve been getting new follows here, but since I barely use tumblr to post my art anymore, feel free to follow me on Facebook or instagram.

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Charlie/tagged:art. 35 likes. Maria Romanova b. 1997 Moscow-based artist

https://www.instagram.com/ughhcharlie/

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VIDEO ART PROJECT OPEN CALL

I need people to participate in my video art project dedicated to digital immortality. Message me if you feel interested.

What you’ll have to do: film yourself talking for about 3-5 minutes on the topic I’ll give to you.

Please reblog.

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That’s what gender dysphoria feels like

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Hi, the artist speaking.

This artwork is not about gender. Thanks.

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“Presence”, 2018

Boundaries between the virtual and the real have outlived their utility. Humans are not the only ones to whom the familiar formula of «Cogito ergo sum» can now be applied.  In the time of virtual influencers, chatbots and neural networks the features of reality of others (and of self) are being questioned.  The series of works “Presence” studies the nonexistent instruction to recognition of oneself as an existent personality in a new world. 

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“Are you nice to chatbots?”

During neural networks and AI that are targeted at user interaction learning, a certain moral compass is set for the machine: the controversial topics are taboo, and the machines awkwardly switch the conversation to a more acceptable topic. But how acceptable and appropriate is it to impose human concepts of morals and ethics onto an entity that is anything but human?  20x20 cm Acrylic on canvas

“Real//Virtual”

Full of sings and symbols, the virtual space gives the user great room for self-representation. These possibilities allows to “edit” one’s identity in real time, shaping it anew; but at the same time they limit this new social entity. Incapable of the non-verbal, it is only alive in the cold light of the silver screen. However, the real and the virtual are no longer in the juxtaposition.  18x24 cm Acrylic on canvas

“Extension”

The ambiguity of the word “LIVE”, repeatedly written on the canvas, presents at the same time a call for existence and a notification: online right here and right now.  24x18 cm Acrylic on canvas

“I UPLOAD”

This piece is a reference to a poem by Charles Bernstein “My/My/My”. The outdated medium - failed polaroid photographs and corrupted film from personal archives are transported onto the canvas. The text placed on top of them is a metaphor for the indelible electronic trace of our virtual vital activity.  20 x 20 cm Acrylic on canvas, mixed media

“To McLuhan” 

The traditional artistic medium that was chosen for the whole series of works undergoes change for the first time: in reality, an alternative to it was found. The text, placed on the canvas in its digital, virtual equivalent - a scanned image of the blank canvas - later on “backed up” by the traditional acrylic pain, is a quote to the statement by Marshall McLuhan “The medium is the message”. 18x24 cm Canvas, self-adhesive paper, inkjet print, acrylic

“iAmPresent”

The exposition gifts the viewer with a unique possibility of existence - or dooms it to be present, using the never-ending online broadcast by the phone placed on the other side of the canvas to an Instagram account @presenceiampresent, which itself is a part of the art piece.  24x18 cm Acrylic on canvas, iPhone, Instagram account instagram.com/presenceiampresent performance documentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou0LZWg8l1M

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“Golden hour”, 2018 Acrylic on canvas, 15x20 cm

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“To McLuhan”, 2018 inkjet print, self-adhesive paper, acrylic, canvas 18x24 cm

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“I upload”, 2018 mixed media 20x20 cm

from the ongoing series “Presence”

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La playa Ocata, Barcelona

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“Presence”, 2018

Boundaries between the virtual and the real have outlived their utility. Humans are not the only ones to whom the familiar formula of «Cogito ergo sum» can now be applied.  In the time of virtual influencers, chatbots and neural networks the features of reality of others (and of self) are being questioned.  The series of works “Presence” studies the nonexistent instruction to recognition of oneself as an existent personality in a new world. 

“Are you nice to chatbots? acrylic on canvas 20x20 cm

 “Real//Virtual”, 2018 acrylic on canvas 18x24 cm

“Extension”, 2018 acrylic on canvas 24x18 cm

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“Are you nice to chatbots?”, 2018 acrylic on canvas 20x20 cm

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get ready for my love

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The plastic world’s sick.

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