Its all about Maskulinity - I Kissed a Boy and I Liked It ! The Virtual Exhibition .

I Kissed a Boy and I Liked It ! The Virtual Exhibition .Its all about Maskulinity "I Kissed A Boy And I liked it!" is an ongoing project by Cork-based multimedia artist Silvio Severino exploring masculinity via collage of found images in both analogue and digital media. The spectrum of male iconography is examined—from machismo stereotypes to homoerotic expression—refracted through a range of realist, surrealist and abstract visions. Silvio is particularly interested in exploring how maleness is represented in contemporary media. Using images torn from print media—including sources ranging from books to male magazines—Silvio deconstructs and re-assembles representations of the male body. Detaching visual gestures from the original images provides a platform for interrogating the intentions of both the original creator of the image and it’s intended viewers. Current widespread social criticism of masculinity—in it’s toxic and destructive forms—provides a rich milieu for Silvio's intense reflections on these topics via a queer gaze, as gay man born and raised in conservative, hyper-macho Brazilian society. Pop culture is a frequent reference and starting point throughout Silvio's work. Thus, the exhibition title, "I Kissed a boy and I liked it, " derives from the lyric and video of the single, “Samaritans,” by Bristol-based punk band Idles—a song also reflecting on men’s masks of masculinity. Silvio is delighted to have the opportunity to show this exhibition together with The Gay Project in Cork in virtual format. Live video on 15th of May, 6.30 pmAbout Silvio Severino About Silvio Severino Silvio Severino is a contemporary photographer, collage, and gif artist. He works in both analog and digital formats, which puts him in a unique creative position, Whereby he can cross and recross the traditional and the contemporary. Silvio is searching for new values, new visual languages that will allow him to incorporate photography, collage, and animation in new formats. With Silvio and his work, photography often becomes collage, with collage often becoming animated gif. It is an exciting new frontier in contemporary art for which this artist is at the forefront. This is an artist that understands the technology of gifs, glitches, and loops, the bedrock of contemporary gif animation and video art. He finds himself in an enviable position whereby he can use these technologies to expand his work. Silvio is interested in exploring a range of contemporary issues through both collage and gif animation. From nature and the urban, to consumerism and the idealization of beauty and sexuality, from art versus capitalism, to the banality of publicity and celebrity. Silvio was born and raised in Brazil, but has spent the last twenty years in Europe, he now lives in Cork , Ireland

I Kissed A Boy and I Like It ! The Virtual Exhibition - Silvio Severino

Between Worlds - Silvio Severino

Digital Collage available in many sizes . Please contact me .

About Silvio Severino - Silvio Severino

I Kissed A Boy and I Liked It ! -I - Silvio Severino

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I Kissed A Boy and I Liked It ! -III - Silvio Severino

The artwork is placed in a passepartout frame. The size of the work (40cm x 30 cm ) refer to the work on the frame

I Kissed A Boy and I Liked It ! -XII - Silvio Severino

The artwork is placed in a passepartout frame. The size of the work (40cm x 30 cm ) refer to the work on the frame

I Kissed A Boy and I Liked It ! -IX - Silvio Severino

The artwork is placed in a passepartout frame. The size of the work (40cm x 30 cm ) refer to the work on the frame

I Kissed A Boy and I Liked It ! -XVII - Silvio Severino

The artwork is placed in a passepartout frame. The size of the work (40cm x 30 cm ) refer to the work on the frame

I Kissed A Boy and I Liked It ! -XI - Silvio Severino

The artwork is placed in a passepartout frame. The size of the work (40cm x 30 cm ) refer to the work on the frame

I Kissed A Boy and I Liked It ! -XV - Silvio Severino

The artwork is placed in a passepartout frame. The size of the work (40cm x 30 cm ) refer to the work on the frame

I Kissed A Boy and I Liked It ! -IV - Silvio Severino

The artwork is placed in a passepartout frame. The size of the work (40cm x 30 cm ) refer to the work on the frame

I Kissed A Boy and I Liked It ! -VI - Silvio Severino

The artwork is placed in a passepartout frame. The size of the work (40cm x 30 cm ) refer to the work on the frame

I Kissed A Boy and I Liked It ! -II - Silvio Severino

The artwork is placed in a passepartout frame. The size of the work (40cm x 30 cm ) refer to the work on the frame

I Kissed A Boy and I Liked It ! -X - Silvio Severino

The artwork is placed in a passepartout frame. The size of the work (40cm x 30 cm ) refer to the work on the frame

I Kissed A Boy and I Liked It ! -0 - Silvio Severino

The artwork is placed in a passepartout frame. The size of the work (40cm x 30 cm ) refer to the work on the frame

I Kissed A Boy and I Liked It ! -VII - Silvio Severino

The artwork is placed in a passepartout frame. The size of the work (40cm x 30 cm ) refer to the work on the frame

I Kissed A Boy and I Liked It ! -V - Silvio Severino

The artwork is placed in a passepartout frame. The size of the work (40cm x 30 cm ) refer to the work on the frame

I Kissed A Boy and I Liked It ! -XVIII - Silvio Severino

The artwork is placed in a passepartout frame. The size of the work (40cm x 30 cm ) refer to the work on the frame

I Kissed A Boy and I Liked It ! -VIII - Silvio Severino

The artwork is placed in a passepartout frame. The size of the work (40cm x 30 cm ) refer to the work on the frame

I Kissed A Boy and I Liked It ! -XIV - Silvio Severino

The artwork is placed in a passepartout frame. The size of the work (40cm x 30 cm ) refer to the work on the frame

I Kissed A Boy and I Liked It ! -XVI - Silvio Severino

The artwork is placed in a passepartout frame. The size of the work (40cm x 30 cm ) refer to the work on the frame

I Kissed A Boy and I Liked It ! -XIII - Silvio Severino

The artwork is placed in a passepartout frame. The size of the work (40cm x 30 cm ) refer to the work on the frame

Prosopagnosia XXIV - Silvio Severino

A series of work exploring the effect of Prosopagnosia . An inability or difficulty in recognise familiar faces .

The Mask of Masculinity - Silvio Severino

"I Kissed A Boy And I liked it!" is an ongoing project by Cork-based multimedia artist Silvio Severino exploring masculinity via collage of found images in both analogue and digital media. The spectrum of male iconography is examined—from machismo stereotypes to homoerotic expression—refracted through a range of realist, surrealist and abstract visions.

24 – O Número do Viado - Silvio Severino

Analogue collage Jogo do Bicho – The animal game - is an illegal gamble game in Brazil . Every number is associated with a animal . 24 is the deer – veado in Portuguese , which is also associated with viado , a shortage of the word Transviado – which mean perverted . Both number – 24 , and animal – deer –have a strong connection with very pejorative homosexual stereotypes in the Brazilian popular culture . In this work I want to explore how society perceive male sexuality and homoeroticism . Also I want to show the cultural tendency of dehumanising and denigrating minorities , transforming them in something other then a human been

The Time Keeper - Silvio Severino

Analogue collage exploring sibles of masculinity in a consumerist society !

Public Image - Silvio Severino

Analogue paper collage make with magazines . 50 x 40 centimetres

The Deer God and the End of the Innocence - Silvio Severino

Alogue collage exploring masculinity .

Sem Titulo - Silvio Severino

Garoto Flor . - Silvio Severino

Digital Collage available in different sizes . Please contact me

Adam and Adam Paradise - Silvio Severino

Prints available in different sizes . Please contact me .

The Hunting - Silvio Severino

My participation on Collagistas Festival 2

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