Kiki Seror

American and French, born 1970

Married at Dusk Killed at Dawn: 1001 Nights

© Kiki Seror

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© Kiki Seror

Image downloads are for educational use only. For all other purposes, please see our Obtaining and Using Images page.

© Kiki Seror

Image downloads are for educational use only. For all other purposes, please see our Obtaining and Using Images page.

Married at Dusk Killed at Dawn: 1001 Nights, 2001

Artwork Details

Materials

digital Duratrans color transparency in lightbox

Edition:

4/5

Measurements

overall (diameter): 49 inches (124.46 cm)

Collection Buffalo AKG Art Museum

Credit

Mildred Bork Conners & Joseph E. Conners Fund, by exchange, 2004

Accession ID

P2004:20

Kiki Seror’s work explores visceral descriptions of sexual arousal through text. Seror transforms sexually charged, X-rated conversations from Internet chat rooms into sculptural light objects. In 1996, she logged into her first pornographic chat room as an experiment that has since borne provocative fruit. In this and other works, Seror uses the transcripts from these anonymous explicit cybersex encounters as content for her work, illuminating how technology—specifically the Internet—blurs the boundaries between public and private realms.

Label from DECADE: Contemporary Collecting 2002–2012, August 21, 2012–January 6, 2013