6H Rituals 

'Performance for Camera'

2019

 

I create traditional portrait paintings for a living. In practice, I primarily use Instagram and, most frequently, Facebook to promote my portrait business, which I've named 'Bohovee Touch Divine Portraits.' As part of my marketing strategy, I dress up as my alter ego, Bohovee, and film a ritual performance alongside a commissioned portrait. Afterward, I upload the photos and recorded videos on social media.

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'6H Rituals' is a series of three video performances. The first one is performed precisely during a Pink Full Moon in April. Each ritual performance takes place in my 6H studio room, a space I consider sacred and have dubbed 'Boys Magic Studio.' This is where I conduct photo shoots with male models, using their images as references for my paintings under 'The Muses of Bohovee Project.'

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As 'The Supreme Enchantress,' Bohovee sings my own composed gibberish chant, 'Valevoo Shalemga,' to channel inner psychic power into the painting. Bohovee's chanting, as part of her charm, complements the sensual grace of her feminine bodily expressions. Together, I believe they constitute an essential form of magic to connect with cosmic power, allowing me to attain good luck, abundance, and prosperity.

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Regarding the mise en scène of the performance, I integrate the natural look of my studio with various elements: Bohovee's outfit style, the color of fabrics as props, teasing wall photographs, the finished painting, DIY lighting, and the overall presence of my character's sensual performance within the camera frame.