THE LATEST AND GREATEST FRIEND ON INSTAGRAM IS
BALLSY, QUITE LITERALLY.
IT IS CALLED NUTSCAPING.
BETTER THAN
SHOW BREATHTAKING VIEWS OF OCEANS AND MOUNTAINS, IT USES
THEM AS A BACKGROUND FOR A BODY PART ONE WOULD NOT EXPECT TO SEE
IN A LANDSCAPE, HAIRY BALLS.
PHILADELPHIA-BASED ARTIST CLANCY
PHILBRICK SEATED AS A CONCEPTUAL ART PRODUCT MORE THAN ANYTHING
ELSE, ONE IS BASED AROUND EXPLORATION, UNITY AND
VULNERABILITY.
HE SAYS HE GAVE UP THE IDEA ON A SOLO TRIP IN THE COURSE OF
NEW ZEALAND, SHOOTING SOME TYPICAL LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY.
WHILE ON TOP OF A MOUNTAIN LOOKING OUT AT AN AMAZING
VIEW, HE FELT A GREAT GRATITUDE FOR HIS SURROUNDINGS AND A
PRIMAL URGE TO CONNECT ON A DEEPER LEVEL WITH MOTHER NATURE.
KEIZAI, THIS LANDSCAPE IS SO BEAUTIFUL, I WANT TO SHOW MOTHER
NATURE MY BALLS STUCK X HE SAYS THE NEXT THING HE KNEW HE WAS
TAKING A PICTURE OF HIS BALLS DIPPING INTO THE NEGATIVE SPACE
ABOVE THE GLACIER.
UNFORTUNATELY THE PICTURE WAS
LOST WHEN HIS HARD DRIVE
CRASHED, BUT NUTSCAPES REMAIN A SOLO ENDEAVOR FOR PHILBRICK,
WITHIN TAKING SHOTS ON HIS OWN AND SHARING THEM WITH HIS
FRIENDS.
AFTER A FRIEND SHAUNA ñ SAW HIS WORD HE IMMEDIATELY
WANTED IN AND THEY BOTH STARTED DOING IT.
THEY ENCOURAGE THEIR
FRIENDS TO JOIN IN, AND THEN THEY STARTED POSTING THE
PICTURES.
WHO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS?
TWO PEOPLE A WEEK. 2 FANS A WEEK CONTRIBUTE TO THIS.
HE
SAYS THAT THE TESTES CREATE A UNIQUE SHIFT IN A TRADITIONAL
REGARD FOR LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY, IN WHICH THE
SUBJECT IS TYPICALLY IN THE MIDDLE GROUND, WHILE ALSO
CLEARLY PLACING THE PHOTOGRAPHER, A COMPONENT THAT
IS ALMOST ALWAYS OUT OF THE FRAME, SQUARELY WITHIN THE
PHOTOGRAPH.
IT IS LIKE A NEW SELFIE OF SORTS.
THE INSTAGRAM
HAS BEEN SUSPENDED, OBVIOUSLY,
BUT THEY STILL HAVE A TUMBLR IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN HAIRY
BALLS.
IT IS TRUE THAT FOR TIME IMMEMORIAL, MAN HAS GONE TO
DIFFERENT LANDS AND SHOWN THEIR NUTS.
THAT IS TRUE AND ALSO OFTEN UNFORTUNATE.
THE FIRST THING I WAS STRUCK BY WAS HOW HAIRY THE BALLS WERE.
AM I ALONE, I BELIEVE BALLS ARE DEEPLY UNATTRACTIVE?
I DON'T THINK YOU ARE ALONE.
THAT IS A VIEW THAT MALES AND FEMALES SHARE.
APPARENTLY THEY
DIDN'T DO ANY MANSCAPING BEFORE THEY DID THEIR NUTSCAPING.
SOUL,
HE SENDS IT TO HIS FIRST FRIEND, AND HIS FIRST FRIEND IS LIKE,
NICE HAIRY BALLS ON TOP OF THAT MOUNTAIN?
I WANT IN?
THEN THEY
KEEP SHOWING EACH OTHER THEIR BALLS.
DUDES, JUST HAVE SEX AND
GET IT OVER WITH.
YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO GET US ALL INVOLVED IN
YOUR FETISH.
THIS GOES TO SHOW YOU, ANYTHING CAN TAKE OFF ON
THE INTERNET.
THERE IS NO NEED FOR IT, BUT IT HAPPENED, AND IT'S A
BEAUTIFUL THING.
IT IS A BEAUTIFUL THING.
HE RELEASED A STATEMENT GOING INTO
CENSORSHIP OF THE BODY PART AND
ALL OF THAT.
IT'S LIKE, FREE THAN APPLE, FREE THE BALLS, WE
GET IT, EVERYBODY WANTS THEIR
GENITALIA OUT.
BUT I THINK IT REALLY DID START AS HIS OWN
PERSONAL FETISH, SO THEY NEEDED A COVER, IT'S ART, IT'S
BEAUTIFUL.
HE WANTED TO TESTES IT OUT FIRST, AND HE THOUGHT THIS IS A
LITTLE NUTS, BUT HEY I'LL TRY IT.
I'M HERE ALL WEEK.
BOTTOM
LINE, NO NEED FOR IT.
THE WORLD IS NOT CALLING OUT FOR THIS.
IT'S FUNNY, THERE'S NOTHING ARTISTIC ABOUT IT, DON'T PRETEND
IT'S ARTISTIC.
EVERY TIME YOU SEND A PICTURE, SEND THIS SOUND
EFFECT.
THAT'S MY HAIRY BALLS IN THE PICTURE.
BECAUSE THAT'S
WHAT THIS IS.