Common Invasion, CPSP,
Online 2022

As part of the Online Collaborative Residency with the Creative Practitioner support program Katie Schreiber (she/her) and Melisa Novotna (she/her) formed an artist duo ‘Common Invasion’, drawing on their backgrounds in Fine Art and Fashion they explore themes of the gaze, internal identity and masquerade.

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They used materials from drag culture including makeup and costume as mediums to express their individual identities and assert themselves as the subject, capturing their image through photography. Alongside this they use post production techniques; cropping and filters, manipulating each other’s images and taking on the role of editor. This alternating process allows them to explore the power dynamic between the subject and the gaze and ask questions about how much our individual identities can permeate through external filters.