The Color of Darkness
Darkness and light feed off each other. I create animations for computer
screens that project light, but luminescence manifests only when offset
against an artificially generated black void. For me this black void
resonates with dynamic splendor.
I love burlesque queens. They tread that divinely fine line between
eroticism and humor. The root image for the animation running above is a
photograph of Legs Malone, a burlesque queen whose feel for
theatrical aesthetics helps her hone a genuinely quirky image/persona.
Creating this animation made me realize the extent to which I am turned
on by quirkiness, and that on some level this is connected to my
fascination with darkness...with the void.
© 2009 Peter
Schmideg