Alex Both: Instalking
INSTALKING, involves using “found objects” from my internet archeological practices, i.e instastalking, to make paintings. I then post that painting on social media, tagging the user that posted this content, and see how they react. My process involves taking these images, often from accounts that are 5-10 years old, collaging them, and painting directly from my collage.
The first painting, titled splitfoxe’s femcel bedroom, is based off of images I found from a person who goes by splitfoxe on various platforms online. I found her through Reddit on a forum about “coomcaves”. Through her reddit account I found her YouTube channel and instagram, and pulled content cross-platform.
The second painting uses collected images from an individual, whom the painting is titled after, whose account is tilley_all_the_way (Hannah Marie). The images used are drawn from the years 2013 to 2022. I found Hannah Marie through abandoned accounts, going through their follower’s followers, eventually coming across her account. The painting shows the history of the boyfriends of Hannah Marie and her chronicled growth shown through the evolution of her posts. After the painting was finished, I posted and tagged tilley_all_the_way. She then deleted her account forever, and never responded to me.