On View Now Through May 25 - Whitney Biennial 2014
TRAILER FOR REIFYING DESIRE ANTHOLOGY AT SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL: NEW FRONTIER from Jacolby Satterwhite on Vimeo.
Jacolby Satterwhite
Jacolby Satterwhite received a BFA in Art from Maryland Institute College of Arts and an MFA from the University of Pennsylvania. Mostly known for his dance performance art, he also uses any media he can get his hands on to produce his art - from 3D virtual modeling to traditional printmaking. With these media and with dance he presents narratives often inspired by the imagined characters and fragments of fantasies from his childhood. His mother produced many drawings which have inspired internal fantasies.
We live in an era of mash-ups. With the availability of video and photographs on the internet and powerful creative programs such as After Effects and Photoshop, mashers can remix various popular media to create works that can be perceived as new content. This process is similar to sewing a patchwork quilt from discarded clothing. Only, this is done virtually with music, video, and photography. Satterwhite is essentially mashing up and remixing his own work and images. The narratives themselves are remixes of fragments of his internal memories.
Reifying Desire
Jacolby Satterwhite in his own words on Reifying Desire from his Rhizome interview
"One thing I often cite as one of my subconscious platforms of inspiration is the concept of body trauma, disease, and metamorphosis of form as the consequence of a sexual act. I pick objects to work with and set up surrealist scenarios that will make their use necessary. The usage of the pussy power bottle felt necessary because I was using the Picasso painting Les Demoiselles d'Avignon as the conceptual departure point. I asked myself: what would prostitutes in a bathhouse need to begin their daily ritual? "For Pussy Power, Pour bubble bath into the bathtub into the water and soak for a while to turn the smell of pussy off." I think the idea of self-care provides a vehicle for continuity. When something's preserved it can move onward to the next stage."
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