https://rtoles.com Robby Toles Sat, 12 Dec 2020 15:58:25 +0000 https://rtoles.com en https://rtoles.com/Weve-Never-Werked-Harder Sat, 12 Dec 2020 15:58:25 +0000 Robby Toles https://rtoles.com/Weve-Never-Werked-Harder <img width="1278" height="1245" width_o="1278" height_o="1245" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/139eb136f72a085866a69bd63f26460f732f6c6c8987b902689a09caccdec180/Untitl1111ed.png" data-mid="92011455" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/139eb136f72a085866a69bd63f26460f732f6c6c8987b902689a09caccdec180/Untitl1111ed.png" /> We’ve Never Werked HarderStatement coming soon... Digital Video, Variable Dimensions, 3:01, 2020 https://rtoles.com/Youtube-Series Wed, 22 Apr 2020 16:57:21 +0000 Robby Toles https://rtoles.com/Youtube-Series <img width="1500" height="844" width_o="1500" height_o="844" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/864c8fb9c7a2c9fe2db8a79c7fb2227e022bfa9ec93beead625f232a8f585575/cultureweb.gif" data-mid="91851990" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/864c8fb9c7a2c9fe2db8a79c7fb2227e022bfa9ec93beead625f232a8f585575/cultureweb.gif" /> Youtube SeriesBoth a vlog and an art piece, the issue at hand is communication itself. This series is an ambivalent exploration of how media - video, photography, CGI, animation, text, emojis, etc. - function as a language. Simultaneously speaking to an exclusive art world and the expansive YouTube world, Robby hopes to unravel certain anxieties, tropes, and cultural expectations surrounding these forms of media that exist for artists and content creators all the same.You can watch the first episode on this page, and continue watching more on the YouTube channel here. Digital Videos, Variable Dimensions, Variable Time Lengths, 2020-ongoing https://rtoles.com/Blanket-Statement-Grab-Bag-1 Mon, 20 Apr 2020 16:20:13 +0000 Robby Toles https://rtoles.com/Blanket-Statement-Grab-Bag-1 Blanket Statement Grab BagA video advertising a project in which the artist emulates other independent creatives seeking commercial profits. Re-designing posters with either motivational or political phrases that vary widely in their moral alignment, their power is reduced to a mere product. Chosen at random, the project questions how much value and faith we put into aesthetics that are so far removed from their meaning. You can browse the Art Holes website and make a purchase here. Poster: 23.5” x 16.5”Industrial Bag: 33” x 33” x 43” Digital Video, Variable Dimensions, 3:42, 2019 https://rtoles.com/Fort-Da Mon, 20 Apr 2020 19:01:39 +0000 Robby Toles https://rtoles.com/Fort-Da <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7efae5571960dde9288e18b0fe34d6f2a8fabd1d2c5464fcdb1047e5702f4d87/fortdaweb.gif" data-mid="68012832" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7efae5571960dde9288e18b0fe34d6f2a8fabd1d2c5464fcdb1047e5702f4d87/fortdaweb.gif" /> Fort-DaThe title, Fort-Da, comes from Sigmund Freud’s story about a child’s game. Analogous to the child’s experience, the video diptych extends boomerangs, a feature native to Instagram’s stories, into a longer repetitious loop. Two seconds move forward and are lost, ‘fort’, but are captured and returned, ‘da’. Digital Video Dipytch, Variable Dimensions, 10:00 (loop), 2019 https://rtoles.com/Immortal-Beloved Mon, 20 Apr 2020 16:20:13 +0000 Robby Toles https://rtoles.com/Immortal-Beloved <img width="3840" height="2160" width_o="3840" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6942b24f24504ba2fcc0bb49bb244d3aa3f08e8c24960eddec9032606b7e666e/4k_experiences.00_05_30_15.Still006.jpg" data-mid="68011774" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6942b24f24504ba2fcc0bb49bb244d3aa3f08e8c24960eddec9032606b7e666e/4k_experiences.00_05_30_15.Still006.jpg" /> Immortal BelovedBorrowing the format of an amateur vlog dedicated to its Youtube audience, Immortal Beloved reimagines the video as a romantic production for the singular recipient. A 19th century love letter written by Ludwig van Beethoven is recited by the artist in the role of an influencer giving thanks. Simultaneously speaking to the viewer, his phone, and his own reflection, the subject flirts with his mirror image in a Narcissusian curse. Digital Video, Variable Dimensions, 8:55 (loop), 2019 https://rtoles.com/Spending-Quality-Time-Together-1 Mon, 20 Apr 2020 17:58:34 +0000 Robby Toles https://rtoles.com/Spending-Quality-Time-Together-1 <img width="2452" height="1635" width_o="2452" height_o="1635" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f91015b13b6ca523939e8512b2ea91e2ce009276549f808fe4b325a204459615/spendingtimeinstall2.jpg" data-mid="67739581" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f91015b13b6ca523939e8512b2ea91e2ce009276549f808fe4b325a204459615/spendingtimeinstall2.jpg" /> Spending Quality Time, TogetherThree videos laid out turn a personal event into a pseudo ad-campaign. The videos simultaneously question their own existence by displaying their emptiness, asserting that our actions are dictated by the prospect of them being recorded through screens and seen on other screens. Digital Video Triptych, Variable Dimensions, seamless loops, 2019 https://rtoles.com/Fast-Lifestyle Wed, 22 Apr 2020 15:51:17 +0000 Robby Toles https://rtoles.com/Fast-Lifestyle <img width="2000" height="2000" width_o="2000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5c0cca287804b053e00d139e00fbb89c938f75f88e3c2612fc7d86ea8f23ebf0/a.jpg" data-mid="68021728" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5c0cca287804b053e00d139e00fbb89c938f75f88e3c2612fc7d86ea8f23ebf0/a.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="2009" width_o="2000" height_o="2009" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c61cfcd6979deb96850506f98a4c0663f43a3c261f8780a74725deaaac4b92da/c.jpg" data-mid="68021626" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c61cfcd6979deb96850506f98a4c0663f43a3c261f8780a74725deaaac4b92da/c.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="2000" width_o="2000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2857193fd0aec6671ae40d4aaa522074759f3a5803e736fe3af6f2792bbebf64/b.jpg" data-mid="68021625" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2857193fd0aec6671ae40d4aaa522074759f3a5803e736fe3af6f2792bbebf64/b.jpg" /> Fast Lifestyle Inkjet prints on Canvas, 30” x 30”, 2019 https://rtoles.com/Technological-Beings Mon, 20 Apr 2020 18:58:16 +0000 Robby Toles https://rtoles.com/Technological-Beings <img width="2000" height="2500" width_o="2000" height_o="2500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d0d38b217d25632de3d1b24aebc66603a9b68a9491195605e06dfd8636de0501/Reprint.jpg" data-mid="68017992" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d0d38b217d25632de3d1b24aebc66603a9b68a9491195605e06dfd8636de0501/Reprint.jpg" /> <img width="1242" height="2000" width_o="1242" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0d78851f312b5532a06a95fc7925449c7e91679b8571cf7f6f3dfddad7c92c5b/Subliminal-Observation.jpg" data-mid="67746302" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0d78851f312b5532a06a95fc7925449c7e91679b8571cf7f6f3dfddad7c92c5b/Subliminal-Observation.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="2500" width_o="2000" height_o="2500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6716dec56db63e0ba7bfd96d22551a2214f07296e466f594ad184e5e0c835654/Sleight-of-Hand.jpg" data-mid="68018031" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6716dec56db63e0ba7bfd96d22551a2214f07296e466f594ad184e5e0c835654/Sleight-of-Hand.jpg" /> <img width="1600" height="2000" width_o="1600" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/49d3a1d9499be0a92027eb1287a7e1cc57cae2daa4f3b6b3f2d56689b19236f6/TMI.jpg" data-mid="68018442" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/49d3a1d9499be0a92027eb1287a7e1cc57cae2daa4f3b6b3f2d56689b19236f6/TMI.jpg" /> Technological Beings &nbsp; Inkjet Prints, Variable Dimensions, 2018-Ongoing https://rtoles.com/Retrofitting-Our-Spatiality-1 Mon, 20 Apr 2020 18:34:39 +0000 Robby Toles https://rtoles.com/Retrofitting-Our-Spatiality-1 <img width="1400" height="901" width_o="1400" height_o="901" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4fb029833eb7b8179d9017099e5455cbb187b94b9bb8ee597aa727270e93685d/ROSweb.gif" data-mid="68020839" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4fb029833eb7b8179d9017099e5455cbb187b94b9bb8ee597aa727270e93685d/ROSweb.gif" /> Retrofitting Our Spatiality Digital Video Diptych, Variable Dimensions, 2018 https://rtoles.com/Txt-Me-Sometime Wed, 22 Apr 2020 15:48:42 +0000 Robby Toles https://rtoles.com/Txt-Me-Sometime <img width="1500" height="844" width_o="1500" height_o="844" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1bb61c9c52074e04772bfaeaa9ca6131ed00da769b9dd26f75ada47a09285ff4/Phantom_notifications.gif" data-mid="68021238" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1bb61c9c52074e04772bfaeaa9ca6131ed00da769b9dd26f75ada47a09285ff4/Phantom_notifications.gif" /> Txt Me...Sometime &nbsp; Digital Video, Variable Dimensions, 29:46 (loop), 2018