Pulse Play Selection (1 of 3): Les Joynes,  Shapeshifter (2014) video 2:30 min.

In Shapeshifter, New-York based, Les Joynes recontextualizes Joseph Beuys’ I Like America and America Likes Me (1974) during his journey to the Khovsgol Province in Northern Mongolia.
Exploring nomadic identity, Les Joynes performs this shamanic ritual expanding his Selfhood in the adaptation of the Other.

Pulse Projects Selection: Armando Marino, Narcissus (2016) oil/ canvas

Inspired by the classic Greek mythology and today’s youth culture, Armando Marino’s large scale Narcissus is part of a series of his major oil paintings
that would reflect his romantic commentary on the growing prevalence around us of taking smartphone “selfies”.  Narcissism is alive and well.