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acrylic paint on canvases, yarns, fork and knife
Date:
2024
Dimensions:
24 in x 24 in (1 canvas)
52 in x 60 in (installed)
1. Please use the fork and knife provided to test.
Then,
2. Tell me: am I real or cake?
Eat Me (Alive): Real or Cake? is an interactive installation that takes inspiration from a recent online trend, Real or Cake Challenge. In this challenge, one tries to guess if an object is a hyper realistic cake or the real object. To do this challenge, one must cut and eat the unidentified object, where the objects being questioned often get revealed as a hyper realistic cake.
Then, this painting depicts a blurred, divided image of a woman's face, reflecting the artist’s difficulty in seeing herself as "whole" and "real.” To interact, the viewers are invited to question if her body is real. To test this, they must cut through the painting and find out if she is real or if she is made of cake.