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ART Habens
Max Leach
surroundings, both movement within the
work, and the transgression of different
media. I want the work to be able to stand in
its environment, in-group shows I want it to
be the loudest, in cinemas I want it take
control and either in a gallery or on a monitor
I want it stare down audience. An example
would be a film called Taste of Oxidation, a
film that enquires into reality and society; it
is constructed through sequenced fragments
to create a mosaic montage. Transmitting
the work to engage between the perception
and physical experience of a space, creating
pollutant visual within a cacophonous
environment. I have used the public spaces a
lot in my work because my work investigates
the everyday, it should be projected back
into its original environment for testing.
I have my films on forums such as 4chan,
video networks and even porn sites, I want
my work to confront the audience both in
galleries and online, attacking them from
where they feel most comfortable. My films
deal with a post Internet era, online
platforms, screen cultures and need to be
made available to the mobilised spectator, I
don’t want the work to be obnoxiously
restricted to a gallery because its categorised
as art, the work is a message more than an
object and is most effective, shocking and
revealing when you come across it browsing
your favorites “teen anal compilation”.
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