JACOB DUTTON IS INTERESTED IN THE WAYS THAT EMOTIONS ARE PACKED INTO OBJECTS, AND HOW THESE EMOTIONS BECOME A BLUEPRINT FOR PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL GESTURES. DUTTON’S CURRENT WORK IS BASED ON FOUND REFERENCE, OFTEN USING RENDERED ADVERTISEMENT IMAGERY, FOUND PHOTOGRAPHS, AND CINEMATIC FRAMES TO POINT TO THE DISCORD IN EXPECTATION, AND EMBODIED REALITY. + NATHAN LEVASSEUR’S BODY OF WORK HAS A FOCUSED INTEREST IN MIXED-REALITY AND COMMODIFICATION. HIS WORKS PRIMARILY INCLUDE COMPUTER-GENERATED IMAGERY AND HIJACKED VISUALS FROM FILM AND ADVERTISEMENTS. HIS CURRENT PRACTICE CONSIDERS THE FUNCTION OF AUTHENTICITY AND HOW VALUE IS PERCEIVED IN RELATION TO REPETITION, PROXIMITY, VOLUME AND FAMILIARITY.