webAffairs is an artist's
documentary of an adult video web community. In this book the artist, Show-n-tell,
tells her story of being a voyeur and eventually becoming part of this community
through a series of images and actual chat text. She participates in the community
both as an observer and a performer. The electronic images gathered in chatrooms
are transformed as photographic stills in the book. Because of the limits of the
technology the image disintegrates into pixels which speak to a new sensibility
in image making. This artist's book is a documentation of Show-n-tell's navigation
through erotic virtual space. But like most documentaries, the material has been
electronically edited and graphically redesigned to dramatically communicate her
story
The author Show-n-tell was trained as a graphic designer
and also as an artist. She has been designing personal work for the medium of
the Web practically since its inception the early '90s. She grew up in Turkey
and upon graduation from high school came to the U.S. to continue her studies
where she has lived and worked ever since. Since 2001, Show-n-tell
has been working on the project webAffairs, documenting and commenting on her
participation in the culture of adult video chat rooms. She is currently teaching
and residing in the Boston area.
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