Cosplay and Performing for Cameras, with Maya Ben David

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In this episode I talk with performance, video and cosplay artist Maya Ben David about anthropomorphic airplanes, the many subcultures of fandom, and how content licensing prices artists out of production.

mayabendavid.net

Youtube channel - Maya Ben David

Maya Ben David (MBD) is a Toronto-based Jewish-Iranian Anthropomorphic Airplane. Working in video, installation and performance, she creates worlds and characters that aid her ongoing exploration of anthropomorphism, cosplay and performative personas. Ben David presents the origin stories of her characters in the form of video and performance, and expands on them via her online presence. They often inhabit alternate universes accompanied by nostalgia, such as the worlds of Pokémon and Spiderman. In addition, Ben David also plays a character called MBD who is known for having multiple feuds with her many alter egos as well as the art world. Most infamously, MBD has ignited online feuds with artists such as Jon Rafman and Ajay Kurian.

Next step in changing tradition.

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SHOW NOTES:

Air Canada Gal - video link -

https://youtu.be/eE3dkesbvus

Walter Saches anthropomorphic airplanes -

https://www.deviantart.com/maverickhunterfox/favourites/50864243/walter-sache

Snake Girl’s Hyperbolic Time Chamber

Nuit Blanche: Snake Girl’s Hyperbolic Time Chamber | Maya Ben David

Backyard Wrestling

Backyard Wrestling Wiki | Fandom

Live Action Role Play (aka LARP)

Maya’s Vimeo Chanel

Lefttube

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=lefttube

MBD vs Jon Rafman | Maya Ben David

Jon Rafman

Tea Strazicic (flufflord) and Marta Strazicic (pirate_sheep)

https://www.instagram.com/flufflord/

https://www.instagram.com/pirate_sheep/

https://flufflord.tumblr.com/post/143220406536

NOSTALGIA…Cant live with it, can’t live without it!

Maya on Instagram - @thebropercent

Instagram makes number of Likes Invisible -

https://www.narcity.com/news/ca/instagram-removed-the-number-of-likes-displayed-in-canada-and-not-everybody-likes-it

Instagram quietly brings back "likes" for Canadian users today | Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly