exquisitely anal tai-chi
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Tai Chi is a martial art that some people in the US may associate with senior citizens and early morning beach exercises. However, to some, Tai Chi is a collection of some of the deadliest moves in martial art-- moving with such slow deliberateness builds even more strength and ensures perfect form for when the time is necessary to lash out in full speed. Based on a remix aesthetic, "exquisitely anal tai-chi" is an exercise that uses Photoshop, After Effects, and Final Cut Pro to repurpose something and give it new meaning by putting it into a new context. It starts with a Photoshop collage that was completed as part of an "exquisite corpse" project. Then the piece turns into a remix of tai-chi defensive moves that are turned into sequences of play and dance. "exquisitely anal tai chi" is meant to focus on military bulldog-ism and how this aggression can sometimes blur into the realm of entertainment. Aggression is stretched to the extreme of absurdity, where the martial art becomes dance and extreme hostility is actually a denial of what one is/is fighting against. (An example may be the most vocal "macho" opponent of homosexuality who, in the end, is really just fighting his fear of seeing that side of himself).
The original footage, a movie clip demonstrating using tai chi defensively, is from the website http://taiji.de/taiji/en.htm.
TRT 1:00
Tai Chi is a martial art that some people in the US may associate with senior citizens and early morning beach exercises. However, to some, Tai Chi is a collection of some of the deadliest moves in martial art-- moving with such slow deliberateness builds even more strength and ensures perfect form for when the time is necessary to lash out in full speed. Based on a remix aesthetic, "exquisitely anal tai-chi" is an exercise that uses Photoshop, After Effects, and Final Cut Pro to repurpose something and give it new meaning by putting it into a new context. It starts with a Photoshop collage that was completed as part of an "exquisite corpse" project. Then the piece turns into a remix of tai-chi defensive moves that are turned into sequences of play and dance. "exquisitely anal tai chi" is meant to focus on military bulldog-ism and how this aggression can sometimes blur into the realm of entertainment. Aggression is stretched to the extreme of absurdity, where the martial art becomes dance and extreme hostility is actually a denial of what one is/is fighting against. (An example may be the most vocal "macho" opponent of homosexuality who, in the end, is really just fighting his fear of seeing that side of himself).
The original footage, a movie clip demonstrating using tai chi defensively, is from the website http://taiji.de/taiji/en.htm.