Markers and digital collage. Based on: Man Ray, Belle Haleine, 1920.

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Fausto Gilberti

Animated Gif. Based on: Man Ray, Masque Kiki, 1962; Man Ray, Cactus, 1943; Man Ray, Belle Haleine, 1920; Magazine cover: Cannibale, Paris, 1920.

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“In the Dadaist museum” Uwe Heine Debrodt

Animated Gif. Based on: Man Ray, Belle Haleine, 1920

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With my limited French language knowledge, I decided that the woman in the branding was called “Haleine” and she could be more beautiful. (Although I don’t think that’s her name…, sometimes, it’s good to be ignorant so I can get lost. Is that Duchamp in disguise? )

These days, beautifying or changing our external appearances is easily achievable with just a few clicks on a mobile app. I wonder what the dada/conceptual artists of 100 years ago would think about today’s technology and its implication on ready made.

For this work, I wanted to take on the ready made concept, so I mostly used freely available mobile apps and their effect. I was quite amazed how much I was able to get done on mobile apps only…!

Following is the list of software I used to create the work.

1. Photoshop (Mac) – Edited the original text to “Plus Belle Haleine”

2. Snow (Mobile app) – Added animated filters to her face. Haleine’s face was recognized via Snow app’s face recognition technology. I displayed an edited image from photoshop on a computer screen, then fixed my mobile phone (with a front facing camera) to detect the face. Since only one filter was applicable at a time, I filmed several times with a same angle.

3. Splice (Mobile app) – Composited multiple videos together, changed the overall color tone of the video and sped it up

4. Video Crop (Mobile app) – The original video taken via “Snow” app shows its logo on the bottom, so I used this app to crop the logo and other unwanted parts out.

5. Giphy.com (WebSite) – Created a logo-free gif file

 
Inhye Lee

Animated Gif,  databending + screen recording + file format conversion. Based on: Man Ray, Belle Haleine, 1920

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Animated Gif. Based on: Man Ray, Belle Haleine, 1920
 
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Based on: Man Ray, Belle Heleine, 1920

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“The video is made with the image of Man Ray’s Belle Helene edited with a red filter, and the audio is taken from various Amateur Russian porn movies, where the actors say DA (yes in Russian) in the moments of pleasure”. Leonardo Petrucci

Digital image. Based on: Man Ray, Belle Haleine, 1920

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