Selfie Series #4

Person taking selfies at the same time on a smartphone and on a laptop.
A submission from the 2019 Selfie Challenge.

An online art show & digital salon event by curators Kay Slater and Louise Chow, hosted by The Papercut Arcade. December 28th, 2021.

Welcome to the show!

Ways to interact with us tonight.

7:00 PM PST on Discord: We’re hosting a live chat on discord with our artists, creators, and curators. Our tour video will be streamed at 7:00 PM and you can watch along with us there! Come join the conversation.

Click on the works below (bottom half of the page) to see the individual project pages.

Self-directed video tour of the works:
Our curator Louise Chow gives you a tour through the works of Louise Chow and Lisa Smedman. [Spoken English with subtitles in English]
Self-directed video tour of Kay Slater’s contributions:
Our curator Kay Slater gives you a tour through their selfie pieces. [Spoken English and with closed captioning in English]

Selfie Series summary and prompts

In our 4th annual Selfie Series, we opened up submissions to all of you to explore photography and self portraiture through the following prompts:

  • Traffic
  • Imitation
  • Ritual
  • Hauntology
  • Graphic
  • Honesty
  • Chew
  • Dark
  • Lost
  • Make Believe
  • Blue
  • Rain
  • The Perfect Day
  • Lens Flare
  • Plenty

Kay Slater

Photograph, artist work titled "Mouth Shapes"
Mouth Shapes, 2021
Photograph, artist work titled "f l a i r"
F l a i r , 2021
Photograph, artist work titled "Puddle Break"
Puddle Break, 2021
Photograph, artist work titled "Tweezers"
Tweezers, 2021
Photograph, artist work titled "Unnecessary Plenty"
Unnecessary Plenty, 2021
For project details, image descriptions, and artist statement, visit Kay’s project page: https://thepapercutarcade.ca/selfie-series-4-kay-slater/

Lisa Smedman

Photograph, artist work titled "Lost"
Lost, 2021
The photographer gazes into mirrors that reflect off each other, showing ever-smaller reflections of a photo of her father she holds in her hand.

Kataryzna Łukasiewicz

Image description: A white skinned limb (possibly an arm of leg) bends up from the lower left cover of the image casting shadows. Multiple exposures of the shadow and limb are overlaid in a triangular shape. The upper right corner is a revised triangle in white.
Touch: 001, 2021
Touch: 002, 2021
Touch: 003, 2021
Image description: Indistinct body parts are transposed in multiple exposures causing them to blur. The shapes for a kind of peak as the left slope shifts into a black and white exposure.
Touch: 004, 2021
Image description: A photograph of a white person's bellybutton and public area which fades into deep shadow off to the right. Above the belly is the blurry side of a face, their eyes closed.
Touch: 005, 2021
Image description: The artist's face in two positions, facing left and right, blown out by a bright light
Touch: 006, 2021
Image description: the naked torso of white body on which multiple exposures of light, indistinct flesh, and the ends of hair are overlaid. The left breast is in profile and stands out against a dark background as their back fades into shadow.
Touch: 007, 2021
Touch: 008, 2021
Image description: a pair of white hands and wrists casting shadows onto a white wall. The hands are slightly transparent showing the shadow arm against the wall, and as they overlap and fade into each, the three hands' fingers appear interfaced together.
Touch: 009, 2021

Kataryzna’s photo descriptions can be see on her project page. https://thepapercutarcade.ca/selfie-series-4-kataryzna-lukasiewicz/

Louise Chow

A suite in the middle of a move-out, with the ghostly impression of a person in red in long exposure
Close up of dark hair being cut with scissors
Backlit fingers create an abstract shape
RAIN
The artist waring a bath towel outside in a backyard after a rain, bent over squeezing the water out of their hair.
Join the conversation: Live Chat on Discord from 7:00PM PST – ~8 PM PST with Artists & Curator

Interested in participating in a future event? We host open call events throughout the year. Check out our forthcoming events and mark your calendar!

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Thanks for joining us.

Note: The Papercut Arcade defines artist as a person who practices any of the various creative arts, such as but not limited to a sculptor, cosplayer, game maker, photographer, puppeteer, painter, novelist, screenplay writer, fanfic writer, poet, or filmmaker. The keyword is practice; therefore, if you make art or produce work with the intent of participating in a The Papercut Arcade challenge or exhibition, you ARE an artist. This was a curated exhibition, and the artworks were screened for harmful (illegal/oppressive/appropriative) content.

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