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p e t e r   c h a m b e r l a i n

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               1st PLACE WINNER:  Erogenous Zones Competition
 
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peter chamberlain
honolulu, hawaii/usa
EAROGENOUS Z 1
digital
19" x 30" 
prints available
www.peterchamberlain.net
cpeter@hawaii.edu

artist statement

I entered this exhibition specifically because the Erogenous Zones theme caught my attention.  I am a rapidly aging activist artist and during the last few years have been working on-and-off with a series of work that reflects aging through the digitization of physical signs...hairy ears, bald spots, gray hair, knee x-rays, etc.  These images are modulations of high resolution flat-scans of my ears.  The dark hairs are actually from my sideburns...no nasty stuff...just ears.  I also embrace absurdity, unlikely juxtapositions, and chance operations.  My images of ears are usually "pretty" but on closer inspection the inclusion of hair tempers the prettiness and produces cognitive discord.  I do not think of these works as sexually provocative but recognize that they do include fleshy forms and hair which can form some allusion to that.  It is difficult to find a place for these works in formal and academic  venues.  Certainly, we consider ears to be an erogenous zone...thus their inclusion in this exhibition.

 

bio

MFA from SUNY - NewPaltz, taught at Elmira College, NY and currently at University of Hawaii, Manoa. 

Have been involved in intermedia work primarily, and more recently also experimenting and trying to find an appropriate application of digital imaging systems.  Have exhibited work nationally and internationally.