Adolfo Doring “Posted 162 Grams”

ART 3

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ADOLFO DORING, POSTED 162 GRAMS is based on a conceptual book created by the artist out of images he posted on INSTAGRAM from August 16, 2014 to September 2, 2015. Each image was assigned a meta-data to differentiate 81 portraits from 81 environments. The second meta-data entry assigned was the number of likes each posted image received on the social media platform. The artist organized the order of the resulting compositions randomly by flipping a coin. This database-coin flip process created the diptychs as they appear in the book and in the show.

Doring’s labor-intensive process reveals his deep love and commitment to analogue photography. Each image, exquisitely composed and lit, is presented as a silver-gelatin print. The young women depicted in POSTED, 162 GRAMS are captured expressing a sensual yet tragic side of beauty. Their portraits appear randomly juxtaposed with environments, creating 81 evocative stories.

Prior to POSTED 162 GRAMS Doring’s provocative film and installation “COMING SOON, COMING SOON TO A THEATRE NEAR YOU” was acquired for the permanent collection of the Museo Laboratorio di Arte Contemporanea in Rome, Italy after its exhibition at The White Box Center-Armory Show 2014 and Art 3 in May 2014.

A filmmaker and photographer who created iconic music videos in the late 90’s, including Sting, Bon Jovi, Savage Garden, and Santana among others. Doring won is the winner of an MTV Music Video Award, for “Hold My Hand”, Hootie and the Blowfish, and the Director of Photography of the Oscar Nominated Documentary “ Capturing the Friedmans.”