| AUTOEROTIC MEDITATIONS
Online artwork / Video, 2011 "Autoerotic Meditations" is an ever-expanding online artwork comprised of sound and image contributions from women co-creators. While self-pleasuring, women take a photo of themselves or record their sound. Women then ornamentalize their photo into a mandala-like image using a simple special effect with Sumopaint online software. Or women may choose to submit a sound component, whereby I edit their sound into a meditative and harmonic composition."Autoerotic Meditations" is an artwork from the Euphoric Femme series. The Euphoric Femme series of artworks are inspired by sex-positive feminism and sacred sexuality. Through a social media platform, the artworks are created in collaboration with people who identify as women and who are reinventing sexual expression. The Euphoric Femme artwork series aspires to politicize women's sexual agency, facilitate women driven erotic celebration, and cross-pollinate art with well-being. (Teresa Ascencao) Digital video and digital sound: Teresa Ascencao "Her Pleasure, Her Desire; Remix" >> |
TERESA ASCENCAO
CA Teresa Ascencao has been creating media artworks that explore folk and mainstream culture as they shape gender and sexuality. The medium and the unique methods, through which audience members experience the artworks, are critical to artworks' concepts. Ascencao was born to Azorean parents in Sao Paulo, Brazil and immigrated to Canada at a young age. She holds a Graphic Design Diploma from Humber College and graduated with distinction from the University of Toronto's Honours Fine Art Studio program. She holds an MFA specializing in Media Art and Sex-Positive Feminism from OCAD University. Ascencao's work has been exhibited widely in Canada and internationally. She lives and works in Toronto and teaches at OCADU. |