Carlos Motta
OCDChinatown’s current exhibition premieres a new two-channel video installation that centers the life and work of performance and body-modification artist Tiamat Legion Medusa, with artist Carlos Motta as collaborator and interlocutor. Adopting the names of mythological monsters and the pronouns it/its, Tiamat Legion Medusa simultaneously transitioned from male to female and from human to reptile; its ultimate goal is to transform into a dragon. The complementary pair of videos present Medusa’s inner and outer worlds, combining to form a double portrait.
Courtesy of the Artist and OCD Chinatown. Photos by Jason Mandella
Courtesy of the Artist and OCD Chinatown. Photos by Jason Mandella
Courtesy of the Artist and OCD Chinatown. Photos by Jason Mandella
Courtesy of the Artist and OCD Chinatown. Photos by Jason Mandella
Courtesy of the Artist and OCD Chinatown. Photos by Jason Mandella
Courtesy of the Artist and OCD Chinatown. Photos by Jason Mandella
Fixing a set of emerald-green and darkly mesmerizing eyes on the camera for a 2022 video in this exhibition, Tiamat Legion Medusa, the titular subject of the piece, asserts, “I don’t want to die looking like a human.”
One of the artists, Tiamat Legion Medusa, is transforming into a dragon.
