Void Mastery / Blank Control

Petra creates painting and video works from the bedroom of wherever she is, whether it be Berlin, Tokyo, New York—or often at home with her ‘mom’ in Santa Barbara where her dogs and mom sometimes interrupt, or become part of her videos.

Paul Chan describes her video works as “disinterested”—a symptom of mass culture’s interaction with technology; “intellectual and aesthetic impoverishment, which is perhaps the truth of reality today”. Cortright delivers her webcam video art alongside the “most hit” on youtube incorporating “over the counter” software that often distort her image... throughout her performative videos she remains disengaged with her audience.

Petra’s painting works are digitally rendered, using specially designed brushes and/or standard sets that come with programmes such as photoshop. The new medium has recreated painting as acrylic paint did for abstraction. The works from Void Mastery / Blank Contro l are simultaneously powerful and feminine, embracing digital elements in a playful manor—including outsourced imagery and bold colour schemes.

THE COMPOSING ROOMS / Rich Mix