PHYGITAL FUTURE BY HYDRA

The name AGF HYDRA hides the mysterious, titillating project of sartorial latex designer, artist & researcher Anna Gloria Flores. Her works appear in tongue-in-cheek (or dark) self-directed performance pieces and videos made in collaboration with other artists.
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WORDS BY THE ARTIST / Hydra is small, simple, and possesses many heads. It undergoes morphallaxis when injured or severed and it appears not to age or die. A series of translucent archetypes reveal the values of the Hydra Project: sustainability, craft, and longevity in the phygital HYDRA future. Digital rituals and physical acts of intimacy merge in HYDRA s regenerative practice. Labour as a form of meditation.

HYDRA belongs in a fluid, transpersonal future inspired by the delicate and highly efficient ecosystems found throughout natural entities such as plantlife and fungal microorganisms. Exploring their dynamic forms of awareness and how they communicate, or “signal,” with each other, the research transforms our view of plants from simple organisms to complex ecological structures and communities that can gather, process and share information. 

Algorithmic landscapes and organic interfaces exist within one another on a spectrum, giving access to a larger consciousness system – Cosmic Womb – where further growth and self-repair are possible. A strong sense of presence related to the self is unplugged from the constant inbreeding of societal, limiting beliefs and toxic constructions, without falling into complete alienation.

Enter a safe space of non-verbal communication, were collective healing and self-repair are possible.

AGF HYDRA is the alias of the artist, designer and researcher Anna Gloria Flores.

HYDRA- HTR 00A  (2020)
 
A live piece by Agf HYDRA
Dop and edit / Laura Polanska
Art direction / AGF Hydra
alpha binaural beats downloadable from premiummeditationmusic.com 

HYDRA Cosmic Womb Performance credits /

concept and creative direction: @agf_hydra
creative direction consultant: @mot0r0

latex artefact and set design: @agf_hydra
performers: @sophiemars_ (in the womb) and @studio.labour (soundscape)
live light design: @n7ife
digital art: @mot0r0 @obj.agency
graphics : @zeynep.shilling
3D scan: @enesguc
 

Film Credits /
Concept development and Creative Direction by AGF HYDRA
Animation and Character Design by MAURICE ANDRESEN

A film originally commissioned by HERVISIONS for 4:3 boilerroom and featuring :
HYDRA oculus VR by Agf HYDRA + Maurice Andresen
HYDRA AR face filter by Agf HYDRA + Claudia Rafael + Moritz Tontsch

AGF HYDRA – Abstract Sex/Kiss The Girl

As described by the author:

Solitary healing rituals in aseptic environments and self restored intimacy. About that time the man was frantically grabbing freshly-spilled slabs of raw meat off the pavement into a plastic bag under my watch. And I was the flesh, the guest, and the dirty pavement itself.

Video extracts /

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Snímek obrazovky 2020-07-01 v 16.38.12
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Snímek obrazovky 2020-07-01 v 16.37.28
Snímek obrazovky 2020-07-01 v 16.39.30

More of HYDRA Uniform Offsprings  (Latex artwork / Costumes / Character Development) commission work:

LAST YEARZ INTERESTING NEGRO (JARMILA JOHNSON-SMALL)

PERFORMANCE BY KEIKEN 

“HONEY, I’M DATA” (FESTIVAL IMPAKT 2018)

VESSEL – PAPLU (LOVE THAT MOVES THE SUN)

ARCA/TORMENTA FOR PRADA & SSENSE

CEREMONY OF THE VOID BY ZOE WILLIAMS

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