Project_ISM - erotic art & public nudity

MAGGIE_B

ARTISTS STATEMENT

I feel so happy and privileged to live in a context, and enjoy a level of security (in my body and living space), where I can go outside and express myself. A lot of the work I make in my art practice involves going outside and making films (normally I am nude in these) and it is interesting to me that ishotmyself feels related but different. In the artwork I make it is more to do with body, the trans-human, creatures, interspecies, aliens and sex. Recently I've been making large-scale sculptural butt plugs and armatures to perform with. Ishotmyself feels more private or in the kinky realm, like it's a hot process, it's a photo I might send to a lover, it's a softer more playful energy/expression. They're both super important parts of me, and I feel like this project can help me clarify the wiggly borderline between erotic art, art that can be perceived as erotic (anything can, really!) and pornography or nudes. I used to be a life model which was a whole other experience - I became more of an object in that way, other artists would project their own image or interpretation of my being into their work. Sometimes I would lie there for so long and zone out and feel the sensation of their brushes on my skin. It was blissful. I am lucky to feel so connected to my body and to me perceiving sensation is where the world begins. So I'm excited to continue using my body in my artwork, continuing to shoot myself, and be an inspiring muse.

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Maggie_B 'dirty_work'
21 Aug 24
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ARTIST PROFILE

birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland
occupation: Artist
age: 27
height: 171cm
relationship status: I don't know!
starsign: Libra Sun, Aries Moon, and Cancer Rising
biggest passion in my life: My biggest passion in my life is yet to be discovered
I like to listen to: The Barbie soundtrack
I like to watch: Any very distasteful and morally dubious reality TV shows (MILF Manor, Jewish Matchmaker, Queer Ultimatum)
I like to smell: My cat's fur because it's comforting
I like to taste: My lovers skin, all the skin everywhere
I like to feel: Fleece sheets on my skin in the winter
favourite part of my body: My freckled shoulders
favourite part of someone else's body: The arse <3
Why i shot myself: Because I love to take nudes and be outside, a combination of my two favorite hobbies.
who I'd least like to see shoot themselves: Putin
who I'd most like to see shoot themselves: My friends!
Most outrageous thing I have done: Stole my parents car when I was 14
Bands I like: Grace Jones, Little Simz, Joni Mitchell, Charli XCX, Kae Tempest, Placebo, Lesbians on Ecstasy, Amyl and the Sniffers, JMSN
Books I like: A Spy in the House of Love by Anais Nin, Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, The Color Purple by Alice Walker, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues by Tom Robbins
Films I like: Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Bound, The Castle in the Sky, Charlie's Angels, Deathproof

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Maggie_B is Agony contributor A5577

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