28 Shades Queerer?

 “Nudity is an art. Besides, art is only nudity.”
 Raúl Ruiz, Three Crowns of the Sailor, 1983

A natural... pardon, artificial continuation of 40 Shades of Queer, this set of eerily realistic images brought forth by Gemini marks another stab at unapologetic homoeroticism by way of a subconscious exploration, challenging the viewers to look beyond the nude male bodies, and leaving them with a lingering sense of “beautiful unease”, as AI assistant notes in one of its reviews.

“Everything that is visible hides something that is invisible.”
René Magritte

models: Forrester Millard and anonymous (French?) boxer (Engelmann)
guest star (Torn Apart): Steve Reeves

The Mirror

Arrow & Lace

The Rope

The Absence of the Room

The Ring

The Duality of the Key

Balloon

Hell?

A Drop of Water

The Thirst

The Sea of Chocolate

Teacups of Gold

Torn Apart

Rain

Brightest Light

The Green Room

The Circus Comes to Town

Left of Adam

Gabriel

Tritonic Desire

Kolovrat

The Egg or the Key?

Dance for Me

The Kiss

Running Free

Übermensch

Surprise!

The Pyramid

40 Shades of Queer

As the scum of the earth (not the industrial metal band) render our reality insufferable through deceit and destruction, it is artists’ duty to create, even if creation is of the ‘handicapped’ kind, reduced to prompts that ghosts of the machine transform into images – camp, pulpy, absurd, surreal, perverse, suggestive, subversive, fantastic and/or humorous. A common denominator for the following forty pieces is homoeroticism, often amped up as high as Gemini guidelines allow, and in certain cases, pushing the boundaries of both the (shy) dreamer’s and his AI assistant’s comfort zone. Brought forth (or rather, generated) in the act of defiance against the regressing mindset of the socio-political environment, these queer bites draw inspiration from various sources, largely cinema, with some distinct references to film noir, 60’s fantasies, Jarman, Pasolini Jodorowsky, Rappaport, etc. Conceived as frames from experimental films, they star the likenesses of physique model Forrester Millard, and anonymous boxer (last name Engelmann?), based on the photos found in the public domain.

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So... You Came After All?	Centaur on the Bridge
Does It Fit?	A Bloodsucking Nightmare
Photoshoot	The Artist
So Small, So Fragile	A Wrong Fairy Tale

Snow White	The Myth
Happy B-Day!	Tomcat's Trap
Follow the White Rabbit	No Saddles
Zero-G Spot	Rise Them High

Rapport at Rappaport	More Milk?
Warm Bath	Until the Last Drop
Pasolini Room	The Pool
Dice	The Conqueror

The Stairway to Haven	Losing Our Religion
Neon Lovers	Silencio Azul
The Bigger Splash	Once an Angel, Always an Angel
Pieta	The Stag

Desert Ritual I	Desert Ritual II
Red Candles	Telekinesis
The Alchemist	Vigil
Wet Dream	Slugs