BFF Portraits 5
Video, 2023
About the artwork
"BFF Portraits" transforms into a series, illustrating the surreal and comical bond between humans and their pets, fused at the hips. Stripping away the earlier oriental performer theme, it now focuses on dynamic human characters and their pets in conversation-like interactions. This evolution brings a more intimate spectacle, where each episode, varying in length, combines gravity-defying visuals with an undeniable bond, celebrating friendship in a surreal narrative.
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Audio explanation
Listen to Alsoguppyme discuss this work.
Alsoguppyme makes surreal images out of the ordinary, twisting them until they feel both funny and unsettling. Midlife shifts leak into the work — the cracks, the restlessness, the changes you don’t quite have words for. She follows those glitches as they turn into strange reflections of daily life.