I TRIP TO MAKE THE FALL SHORTER

I TRIP TO MAKE THE FALL SHORTER (2024) self-portrait by Aluta Null
"'I trip to make the fall shorter' is a line from Chance The Rapper's Acid Rain off of one of my favourite albums Acid Rap. This self-portrait was drawn using a famous "year of the bunny" photograph that I struggled really hard to find credits for. The photo features a lady in bunny costume smoking a cigarette in front of (what looks like) a factory of sorts. This wasn't meant to be self-portrait but, as is the case with many of my self-portraits, I didn't want to use a random model's face in my drawing and I didn't want to create an unknown person either. This creates too much distance and lack of context for me. So I put myself into the bunny costume and the absurd scene with a smoking sun and smoking sunflowers that I constructed around it."
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Aluta Null (they/she) is a digital artist and game developer based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Aluta works in a variety of mediums including XR and games to create work that tackles topics surrounding technology, politics, perception, and pop culture. This is often done using many absurdist and punk paradigms. Aluta Null not only spotlights what many consider mundane, but also seeks to break the rules of technology while meditating on what art means, what the digital is, and what their fusion can be.
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