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VES PITTS VS. INBRED HYBRID COLLECTIVE
by
Weston Bingham
30-Jan-09
Ves Pitts is a New York-based photographer who has been documenting the erotic and performance community in New York, New Orleans, London and Paris for 15 years. In the ’90s he photographed the Pork performances at the legendary and gloriously sleazy New York City leather bar, The Lure (R.I.P.), has worked with the iconic fetish filmmaker Maria Beatty, contributed to the now defunct gay erotic website allamericankink.com, and was included in last year’s Act Art 6, a multimedia group show in London. Currently, he’s working on a series of portraits of New York and London-based, counter-culture queer and disturbed nightlife performers.
This is a series he shot for of the multimedia performance artist Inbred Hybrid Collective.
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We asked him to explain the shoot himself…
“As part of an exploration, in 2008 I started working with Inbred Hybrid Collective on a series of photos. During these shoots he would morph into various eroticized fashion and hedonist archetypes. Our collaborations evolved through interaction with found materials and objects, weird cultural ideas and stimulants, all independent of morals, time, money or objectives. There were no limitations. All sane and rational sentiments were chewed up and vomited out the window. Having no restrictions enabled us to explore our art, both personally and with an eye toward the changing environment of artist collaborations.”
“While I was photographing him he was also videotaping our shenanigans for his video installations. At my recent solo photography show at Christopher Henry Gallery called “Cake Bomb”, he exhibited a video installation created from the documentation of this miasma, entitled “The Hang-maid’s Tale”. We plan to continue our visual research into the horrors of the mind and body as we peel back the dead layers of perception in search of chthonic truth.”
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Last 5 posts by Weston Bingham
- BOY BANG BOY, LONDON - July 30th, 2010
- LARS ANDERSSON FALL/WINTER 2010 - May 25th, 2010
- GIO BLACK PETER: EYES ON THE PRIZE - May 23rd, 2010
- L - May 7th, 2010
- MAX STEELE: SCORCHER #5 RELEASE - April 8th, 2010
- IGNITE LAUNCHES - March 14th, 2010
- ANDREW YANG AND THE KOUKLITAS - October 4th, 2009
- S2VS - September 19th, 2009
- WE HAVE WE HAVE BAND - April 17th, 2009
- I-BOY DIEGO - March 27th, 2009
Joe Blow wrote:
He has the perfect last name since his work is the “pitts”. Looks like a garage sale blew up. Dude must do alot drugs to think this is art.
Posted on 31-Jan-09 at 2:31 pm | Permalink
Joe Blow wrote:
[fake comment - deleted]
Posted on 01-Feb-09 at 12:54 pm | Permalink
Joe Blow wrote:
Pathetic that a person cannot leave an opinion without some asshat highjacking your moniker and writing the above response (#2). I stand by MY original post (#1) I think Mackenzie Adkins work is art, this stuff is not IMO. like it or not!
Posted on 01-Feb-09 at 1:25 pm | Permalink
Mackenzie Adkins wrote:
Actually, I quite like it. Don’t know who Joe Blow is, but it’s ridiculous that some coward thinks a “moniker” is more sacred than someone’s honest creative output. I’d also like to thank Ves for passing this along to me, as this “fan” of mine is obviously just a nut job
Posted on 01-Feb-09 at 1:32 pm | Permalink
william wrote:
ryan trecartin was cool three years ago…
Posted on 01-Feb-09 at 5:26 pm | Permalink
Ryan wrote:
Mac-K and IHC are both very talented at what they do.
Comparing IHC to Trecartin is very superficial.
Posted on 02-Feb-09 at 1:50 am | Permalink
drool face wrote:
EVB, i really like you. alot.
that said, i’m unsure whether Inbred Hybrid Collective was worth your time.
but hey, 9.9 outta 10 ain’t bad.
keep up the (almost always) fantastic work.
Posted on 04-Feb-09 at 12:43 pm | Permalink
drool face wrote:
[fake comment - deleted]
Posted on 04-Feb-09 at 2:29 pm | Permalink
Terry wrote:
I’d put money on #8 being Inbred Hybrid Collective. PATHETIC!! I hope we don’t see any more of this guy…
Posted on 05-Feb-09 at 11:37 am | Permalink
Terry wrote:
[fake comment - deleted]
Posted on 05-Feb-09 at 2:43 pm | Permalink
drool face wrote:
[fake comment - deleted]
Posted on 05-Feb-09 at 2:58 pm | Permalink
yo mama wrote:
oh, i’m sorry, are his bangs not swoopy enough?
maybe it should have been shot in ascetic black and white?
with a six-pack or heroin-chic skinny?
no props and bland poses?
does his art divert from his cock and finely cut jawline?
this isn’t inbred hybrid, but one of his many fans and lucky enough to have seen that boy naked. and just fyi, it _is_ his real, beautiful, lovely, eccentric cock. diversity, dreaming, grandeur, challenges to the status quo - that’s real art for me.
commenters like y’all are among the reasons why the e. village is an art graveyard and has lost most traces of forward-thinking. you can keep your nyu kids and pseudo-hipster midwestern transplants. enjoy em.
Posted on 05-Feb-09 at 3:04 pm | Permalink
Weston wrote:
Look, people - half of the “Joe Blow”, “Drool Face”, “Terry” comments were not actually written by those people, and have been removed. Enough of the bullshit. If you have something to say, say it. Don’t pretend you’re someone else and hijack thier name, or we’ll happily publish your real name and email.
Apologies to Joe Blow, Drool Face and Terry for the bogus comments left in your name.
-editor
Posted on 05-Feb-09 at 3:48 pm | Permalink
Luc Rollin Goodhart wrote:
this IS hilarious…
Posted on 05-Feb-09 at 8:31 pm | Permalink
TJ wrote:
LOL this IS hilarious Luc, but what’s hilarious is the, er… um… ‘artist’ in the pics. Great joke EVB! I hope. Ves Pitts: the work on ur site is really interesting with interesting people, but this guy…
Posted on 05-Feb-09 at 9:39 pm | Permalink
Joe Blow wrote:
Luc,
I love your work on Dominic’s site…more, more , more !!
Cheers from the real Joe Blow :)
Posted on 09-Feb-09 at 5:42 pm | Permalink
A wrote:
This photographs are absolutely brilliant! BRILLIANT! and whoever the talent it, I want to do something together at Burning Man. andwelove.com
Posted on 10-Feb-09 at 5:27 pm | Permalink
johnee wrote:
Idk what you guys are talking about, this shoot is awesome! Deep wierdos turn me on! “Kudos” cheerio, snap snap, fap fap, whatever you want I think its great!
Posted on 23-Feb-09 at 4:55 pm | Permalink