Two In The Pinku

Two In The Pinku is a two-person exhibition by artists and married couple Dakota Noot and Christopher Velasco drawing on their podcast about Japanese pink film, featuring drawings and photographs that explore gender-play and the photographic gaze. About Two in the Pinku is a two-person exhibition by artists and married couple Dakota Noot and Christopher Velasco. Drawing on their ongoing podcast of the same name, which covers the Japanese film genre of pinku-eiga ("pink film"), Noot and Velasco created a new drawing-installation and photographic series. The exhibit refashions their bodies (whether drawn or photographed) into voyeurs and models. The work borrows the humor, censorship, and suggestive posing of pink film and erotica. In his drawings, Noot renders Velasco as a schoolgirl, underwear model, and tennis player. Facial and chest hair are paired with drawings of luscious breasts: capturing Velasco's body as a force of absurd gender-play and colorful curiosity. It's cheeky. By contrast, Velasco's photographs go the other way: he plays photographer-as-pervert. He questions the gaze as he captures Noot's exposed body in restroom stalls, lonely hallways, and empty bathrooms. The viewer is complicit in these actions. Yet, Velasco's hand is present: never a sterile camera or clean setting. Noot and Velasco have not only explored each other's bodies but used them for art. If a Tiger can strike a steroid, two fingers can become lost in pink. Viewers are welcome to watch. Read more Toggle Photography Drawing Installation Performance / Live Art