Location
"In the Box - Horizontal" (identity)
Event Website
plainblackcanvas56.tumblr.com
Document Type
Poster
Start Date
22-8-2024 12:00 AM
End Date
31-12-2024 12:00 AM
Description
plainblackcanvas56
Identity (under scrutiny), 2024
Fandom: Transformers (IDW 2005)
Digital art
Variable dimensions - 1920 x 1080 px
Collection of the artist
Rating: General Audiences
Tags: The Matrix as Eldritch horror ; Eye horror ; Eye strain
Creator's notes: This work is inspired by the Transformers Comics and the identity and perception of Optimus Prime. He is placed in a leadership position and has received the Matrix of Leadership, but this also means he is placed under constant scrutiny. Multiple continuities and fanworks play with the concept of what the Matrix and this position of power means - especially since the gods-given nature of the Matrix may not always be a good and just influence - and what power does to a person, especially in wartime.
Identity (under scrutiny)
"In the Box - Horizontal" (identity)
plainblackcanvas56
Identity (under scrutiny), 2024
Fandom: Transformers (IDW 2005)
Digital art
Variable dimensions - 1920 x 1080 px
Collection of the artist
Rating: General Audiences
Tags: The Matrix as Eldritch horror ; Eye horror ; Eye strain
Creator's notes: This work is inspired by the Transformers Comics and the identity and perception of Optimus Prime. He is placed in a leadership position and has received the Matrix of Leadership, but this also means he is placed under constant scrutiny. Multiple continuities and fanworks play with the concept of what the Matrix and this position of power means - especially since the gods-given nature of the Matrix may not always be a good and just influence - and what power does to a person, especially in wartime.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/fandom/Affirmationtransformation/identity/2
Comments
The original piece plays with the idea of identity and "putting people into boxes" so to speak. Since Prime has received the Matrix he is automatically been placed into a box (that of the competent leader) - and therefore also limited in his interactions with people. Friendships and relationships are strained and stained with this power imbalance, always either subordinate or enemy. The eyes which I have added symbolize the horror of having your body changed by the Matrix, and your decisions scrutinized by everyone.