HOSES (Nuclear Samurai)
Video, 2023
About the artwork
Exploring something beneath the idyllic American dream of the past. We prod at the things we have swept under the rug. Hoses explores the experience of feeling like an outsider and examines how knowledge gained without direct experience can shape our expectations and, in turn, influence our perceptions.
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Audio explanation
Listen to Nuclear Samurai discuss this work.
Nuclear Samurai is an artist with a background in commercial photography, and fine art photography.
He has worked for years as a studio photographer and studied a fine art degree majoring in photography. His work often considers topics such as truth in images, identity and persona in the digital era, and musings on absurdities in the way society is structured.
His visual style is often inspired by a photographic, subtle surrealism, that leans heavily on the cinematic language of film to convey narratives and emotions.