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Artist Alex Da Corte Transforms Into Characters

Season 11 Episode 1 | 1m 40s

Artist Alex Da Corte is in his studio in Philadelphia, PA, transforming into characters for a video shoot with the help of his team. In Da Corte's video artworks, he performs while dressed as a wide variety of cultural icons. By spending time with these characters, he hopes to make his mind freer than it is and give depth to icons that are often rendered as flat symbols.

Artist Alex Da Corte Transforms Into Characters
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