In addition to the digital series I’d Rather Be a Dog, a book Nudes&Notes has been created. In fact, in this supplement, I collect a kind of “patterns” of human and not only human bodies based on how objects and characters of computer games would be created.
This is an unfinished work; the magazine is periodically updated with new pages. "Nudes&Notes" brings together elements used in 3D modeling, typically for the film or gaming industry, mainly consisting of textures and UV maps. This magazine-zine is something between a glossy magazine in its stereotypical form (with an abundance of the models’ bodies and objects of commercial interest), a Burda magazine with patterns for sewing clothes and knitting schemes, and my photo album.
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Spread from the magazine-zine "Nudes&Notes" (2022-2023). A body texture map.
Spread from the Nudes&Notes magazine featuring a texture map with an image of a face. Similar maps are used in the creation of models in 3D graphics.
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Spreads from the magazine-zine "Nudes&Notes" (2022-2023). UV mapping.
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Spreads from the magazine-zine "Nudes&Notes" (2022-2023). 3D Body parts with a topology.
A fragment of the installation, including the magazine "Nudes&Notes," as part of the group exhibition "Fragile Constructions," at "tmp space" in Batumi, 2023. Photo: author's archive.