Archinect - News 2024-12-22T02:52:48-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150032008/architecture-and-the-female-form-erotic-collages-by-artist-scientwehst-nsfw Architecture and the female form: Erotic collages by artist @scientwehst (NSFW) Alexander Walter 2017-10-06T21:02:00-04:00 >2021-10-12T01:42:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/bp/bpon52lj4c6nnmw1.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>It&rsquo;s this learned self-confidence that has&nbsp;become&nbsp;the center&nbsp;of Giulia&rsquo;s graphic collages, allowing her to&nbsp;push boundaries regarding sexuality and censorship of the female form. By strategically placing&nbsp;architectural elements onto images of the female body, Giulia is ever so slightly bypassing Instagram&rsquo;s strict censorship rules, but while the Brooklyn-based artist&rsquo;s near-pornographic collages are technically safe for&nbsp;IG, she says&nbsp;it hasn&rsquo;t been an easy road on the platform.</p></em><br /><br /><p><em>Highsnobiety</em> interviews Giulia, the provocative Brooklyn-based artist who is better known by her Instagram handle <a href="https://www.instagram.com/scientwehst/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@scientwehst</a>.</p> <p>When asked what inspired her to create erotic collages by inserting architectural images in place of female genitalia: "It started with me creating random pornographic collages where I would replace genitalia with images that looked phallic or yonic, typically food. This slowly evolved into me looking for any images that resembled a female body, which was then refined into me looking for only architectural images that resembled the female form."</p> <p>Click <a href="https://www.highsnobiety.com/2017/09/27/scientwehst-interview/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> to read the entire interview and marvel at more of Giulia's images.</p>