Observance: As I See You, You See Me
In response to mainstream celebrity culture and the omnipresent camera surveillance, DEAD ART STAR started documenting their social network using a Polaroid camera in a direct reference to Warhol’s use of the medium. The artist utilizes formats and structures of performative photography to capture the subjects. The photoshoots served as an open call for collaborators where the subject was intentionally involved with the creation of the image and how they were portrayed. With a select few of these collaborators, the artist co-founded The Bathaus, a multi-disciplinary Boston-based artist collective. Dead Art Star resided at The Bathaus from 2009 to 2013, and many of the photographs are documents of their life and the artists that lived and worked there. The project’s nom de guerre flirts with posthumous fame and the otherworldly as a way of exploring otherness. https://www.deadartstar.com