Domenico Barra a (Dirty) New Media Artist

Domenico Barra is a (Dirty) New Media Artist based in Napoli (Italy) working with digital media with a major focus on internet culture.Tumblr and Support @ Patreon!

Dirty New Media (DNM) is a term first used by the artist Jon Cates. J. Cates, who is also the Chair of the Film, Video, New Media & Animation department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, says Dirty New Media’s mission is “to express a contrast with the kind of cleanliness that is [associated] with more commercial or corporate styles of digital art and design. It refers to a menagerie of alternative practices and subcultures spanning from punk and digital sampling to piracy and pornography”.

quote [I am interested in subcultures and tabood human acts, their consumption in privacy and distribution in society. Porn is not a mere representation of sexual fantasies. Porn is the ultimate argument to address history, politics, art, or economy. I use copies of copyright protected contents to discuss industries and lobbies, production, distribution and appropriation and also, roles of sexes, money, porn as a proper expression of capitalistic society.



I produce “partial” (dirty) record of the wide and wild range of pornographic material available online, selected, remixed and contextualized in various projects such as Pirate Porno Material, Pirate Porno Material 2, Wrecked, Red Link District, Head(Her)Less and A picture is never private (anymore) and Dirty Screens. The works were produced using the technique of databending that consists of using softwares not designed for the image editing task such as text editing and music softwares. Through these process I manage to corrupt/glitch digital format such as .jpg, .gif, .avi, .bmp, .raw, .tif, .iff, .png and so on.



I have been working with many media, focusing my practice and research on topics related to politics and human behaviors. Corrupted governments, mafias, corporations, an art form and production as a sort of rebellion, sabotage, activism, I always tried to create works that would shock people and create debates. When a subject is too complex, I realized that people would tend to get bored or disturbed and ignore the crucial part of it, I needed to find something that could help me in analyzing and represent those topics, or at least some of them, that wouldn't bother people, or bore them, so I thought about sex.  I believe that one of the most complete subject, a subject that touches many of the aspects of our lives as part of a society is sex, its depiction in mass media, from the internet to advertisement, politics related to gender, sexism, the economy of sex, copyright, and so on].

More: Prinsexxx Jasmine and H34D(|-|3R)L3SS.

Vermibus: "Dissolving Europe"

Berlin based artist Vermibus regularly collects advertising posters from the streets, using them in his studio as the base material for his work. There, a process of transformation begins. Using solvent, he brushes away the faces and flesh of the models appearing in the posters as well as brand logos. Once the transformation is complete, he then reintroduces the adverts back into their original context, hijacking the publicity, and its purpose.

Cum Shots Wanted

Artist Faith Holland wants your cum shots. The deadline is June 1. (The way to submit here).

quote [Have you always wanted to be part of an artwork but never knew how? Are you a man who has never been a muse? I am looking for anonymous submissions of CUM SHOTS that will be used as part of an artwork. Submissions will be accepted from any and all genders as long as it is fluid emitted as the result of an orgasm].

A few guidelines for successful submissions:

- Please cum on flesh (your own is there waiting!)
- Please make sure it's YOUR photo and everyone depicted in the photo has CONSENTED to it being used in this way
- Cell phone photos preferred
- Try to keep the jizz in focus
- Please don't include anything in the image you would not want seen (i.e. your face). Crop, blur, do what you have to do.
- By sending me an image, you grant me permission to use it in any way I choose and relinquish authorial rights
- RENAME THE FILE a name/handle (can be whatever you'd like) that you'd like to use for credit (photos with automatically generated names like April_1_454.jpg will not be credited)

Free The Nipple

Inspired by true events, Free The Nipple follows a group of young women who take to the streets of New York City topless, to protest the archaic censorship laws in the United States. Activist Liv and With set out to start a movement and change the system through publicity stunts and graffiti installations while armed with First Amendment lawyers. The film explores the contradictions in our media-dominated society, where acts of violence and killing are glorified, while images of a woman’s body are censored by the FCC and the MPAA. What is more obscene: Violence or a Nipple?


Free The Nipple has become a “real life” equality movement that’s sparked a national dialogue. Famous graffiti artists, groups of dedicated women, and influencers such as Miley Cyrus, Liv Tyler, and Lena Dunham have shown public support which garnered international press and created a viral #FreeTheNipple campaign. The issues we’re addressing are equal rights for men and women, a more balanced system of censorship, and legal rights for all women to breastfeed in public. Twitter and Facebook.

quote [Free The Nipple is a film, an equality movement, and a mission to empower women across the world. We stand against female oppression and censorship, both in the United States and around the globe. Today, in the USA it is effectively ILLEGAL for a woman to be topless, breastfeeding included, in 35 states. In less tolerant places like Louisiana, an exposed nipple can take a woman to jail for up to three years and cost $2,500 in fines. Even in New York City, which legalized public toplessness in 1992, the NYPD continues to arrest women. We’re working to change these inequalities through film, social media, and a grassroots campaign].

Femen: All in one!

FEMEN! All the links in one page.
FEMEN (Ukrainian:Фемен) is a Ukrainian protest group based in Kiev, founded in 2008. The organisation became internationally known for organizing topless protests against sex tourists, international marriage agencies, sexism and other social, national and international ills.
[Previously: FEMEN: Woman Power]

Démoniak Serie X

Démoniak Serie X is a pubblication featuring french celebrities and politics involved into "insane cameos". There's also a blog about it called Les Actes de *Démoniak.

Dead Drops by Aram Bartholl

Un-cloud your files in cement! 'Dead Drops’ is an anonymous, offline, peer to peer file-sharing network in public space. Created by Aram Bartholl, ‘Dead Drops’ is an anonymous, offline, peer to peer file-sharing network in public space. USB flash drives are embedded into walls, buildings and curbs accessable to anybody in public space. Everyone is invited to drop or find files on a dead drop. Plug your laptop to a wall, house or pole to share your favorite files and data. Each dead drop is installed empty except a readme.txt file explaining the project. ‘Dead Drops’ is open to participation. If you want to install a dead drop in your city/neighborhood follow the ‘how to’ instructions and submit the location and pictures.

Windows 68

quote [Windows 68 is a modification of Windows XP that starts a revolutionary in the system. Press Revolution! instead of Start, use Graffiti instead of Paint!].

Google Alarm Firefox add-on

quote [Get notified when Google is monitoring your web browsing. The Google Alarm Firefox addon visually & audibly alerts you when your personal information is being sent to Google servers. Even outside Gmail and YouTube you are constantly sending information to Google through their vast network of tracking bugs: Google Analytics, Google AdSense, YouTube embeds, API calls.. all of this data be used to monitor & track your personal web browsing habits].
[Previously on... Google at Unscathed Corpse]

FUCK-3D-FY !!

quote [Now you can FUCK-3D-fy any picture on the web with a bookmarklet!].
More Monkeyfy bookmarklets!
(via F.A.T.)

No Underwear Subway Ride Uncensored

Improve Everywhere quote [This mission is fake and was staged for April Fool's Day 2010. We used skin-colored underwear to make it seem like we actually did it. This is one of over 100 different missions Improv Everywhere has executed over the past eight years in New York City. Others include Frozen Grand Central, the Food Court Musical, and the famous No Pants Subway Ride, to name a few. Visit the website to see tons of photos and video of all of our work, including behind the scenes information on how this video was made].

How to build a fake Google Street View car

quote [For Transmediale 2010, F.A.T. members met in Berlin and produced a series of projects dedicated to the topic of the week: FUCK GOOGLE. In addition to free software, browser addons, live streams, communiques and on-site workshops, F.A.T. Lab built a fake Google Street View car and conquered the city of Berlin!].
[More about google at Unscathed Corpse]

DIY IKEA Bag Dress

At IKEA Hacker you can learn how to make an halter dress from an IKEA bag.

eBoy's New Amnesty International Poster

quote [eBoy made this great poster for the new Amnesty International campaign, Poverty is Modern. You can go see the full sized version at eBoy Blog or scroll and zoom around it on the Poverty is Modern site].
(via Analog Medium)

Tina Paterson IDEA Catalogue

LINK Tina Paterson and his irony about the IKEA catalogue. A Must See!
[Previously: Tina Paterson Artwork]

Urban Camouflage

LINK quote [Urban Camouflage deals with the question how to camouflage oneself and one’s identity in the commercial space. The costumes are inspired by «ghillie suits», the camouflage suits of snipers and hunters. The commercial space is a clean and untouched area. Usually there are no artistic activities. The customer expects nothing out of ordinary in a world of brands and price labels. Our project exeeds the limit and enters the world of commerce without any permission. We chose the big superstores because of the extreme range of goods, the flashing monitors and the large salesrooms. The camouflaged person blends into the surrounding. He or she can dissapear for one moment and gets the possibility to merge with the supermarket to defend from the noise of commerce].

Entomo: the italian superhero

The italian Entomo, the Insect Man, [quote: "I inject justice"] it's only the last of a large serie of real life superheroes. You can find the full list at Real Life Superheroes.
quote [Superheroes are not just in the comics or in the movies anymore. Conscientious citizens have created their own "Superhero" personas to make the world a better place. They have been dubbed by the media as Real Life Superheroes (RLSH). The Real-Life Superheroes is a grassroots movement that performs civic service in many different areas. Real Life Superheroes make an impact on their communities by doing civic activities, public safety patrols, crime fighting, charity work and other pro social acts].

The Disagreeing Internet

LINK From Constant Dullaart, the internet says "No".

Future Feed Forward

LINK quote [Paris Hilton Rendered to Offshore Blackshop. May 5, 2016. NEW YORK--Spokespeople for famed Manhattan socialite Paris Hilton report that the three-time heiress was rendered Thursday to an undisclosed, offshore shopping haven known as a "blackshop." "It was an ambush...we were overwhelmed instantly," admitted Fred Luchia, Hilton's tearful head of security. "I'd say six, maybe seven well-trained guys, dressed in black Prada, head to foot, balaclavas [...]. She was zipped up in a Gucci body bag and gone before we knew what happened."].

The Gazelena Project

The Gazelena Project - Story + video quote [New York University students Allistar Peters and Meng Li came up with the "breastcam" as part of a thesis project. Ms Li nips out to the city's streets in a dress fitted with cameras to catch passing oglers in the act, and the double-C TV footage is broadcast over the web. Mr Peters said the idea was not to affront those who fail to keep their eyes above his bosom friend's neckline but to address the issue of public surveillance].
(via Atomic Sex Kitten)