DareNotSpeakItsName_ARTIFACT_08:abomination

In recognition of Gay Pride, I have revisited some early digital artwork of mine. This is an artifact from my 1995 interactive animated dynamic collage, DareNotSpeakItsName. The 8bit jpg is a screen capture of a moment of user engagement with the artwork. Composed from my photographs and video, as well as appropriated images, texts, sound, and dialogue from "The Wizard of Oz", gay porn videos, and news articles, DareNotSpeakItsName explored the relationship between mass-media representation, identity, imagination, and viewership as mechanisms of the closet.