_Coordinates

_coordinates is an intense and minimalist exploration composed of three pieces, where Macaco+ deepens the observation of the female body as the primary vehicle of desire, model, and object of a hedonistic pursuit in visual culture. Unlike previous series, which focused on social structure, this collection concentrates on the neurochemical reaction, the immediacy of impulse, and sensory saturation.

The collection operates under a logic of simplification and amplification: color palettes are drastically simplified to focus on emotional intensity, while visual noise is increased, simulating the information overload and the dopamine rush that defines the contemporary interaction with the image of desire.

In this body of work, the female figure moves away from strict representation to become an emotional geography. Macaco+ abandons the poses defined by fashion to apply a grunge distortion that blurs and corrupts the anatomical lines. The bodies are no longer objects, but topographic maps of the psyche: peaks of desire, valleys of anxiety, and plains of ecstasy.

The intention is clear: to shift the perception of the body from its function as a passive model to its role as an active generator of emotional coordinates. The grunge aesthetic (the dirty, the textured, the intentionally imperfect) underscores the raw nature and low contrast of unmediated desire, contrasting with the superficial sheen of consumer images.

The Glitch in _coordinates acts as the corrupt code of impulse. It is no longer just a critique of the social system, but the visual representation of the brevity and flawed nature of the dopamine rush. It is the pixel that fails at the moment of immediate gratification; the white noise that accompanies sensory overexposure.

Chromatic Simplification: The restricted use of colors forces the viewer to concentrate on the distorted form and the texture of the noise, moving the work away from narrative and closer to a purely visceral experience.

Increased Visual Noise: The surge in noise is not accidental; it is Macaco+’s way of saturating the visual field, replicating the effect of stimulus overload that defines the pursuit of pleasure in the digital age. The body merges and gets lost in this texture, demonstrating that at the peak of impulse, the figure dissolves into sensation.

_coordinates is a collection of intense introspection, utilizing the aesthetic of distortion to map the terrain of desire. Macaco+ invites the viewer to decipher these saturated maps, not to find a body, but to locate the coordinates of their own interior reaction.

By blurring the body into a grunge topography and enveloping it in the noise of the Glitch, the artist suggests that the true cartography of desire is found beyond the surface of the skin, in the chaotic and fascinating neurochemical impulse that defines us.