Jamil: Potato Potato!

Super Mario might be digital, but boy is he retro! And I wanted be equally retro in my three pieces for this third installment of the C’est Bon Panorama exhibitions… So for artistic technique, I’ve gone all out potato.

First I bought a bunch of the largest pieces of potato I could find in the supermarket. I was lucky, since it seems that the season has generated some pretty big ones. And you need potato excess, since you’re gonna be cutting away without much precision. Chop chop. Then I went to the art store and bought some nice ink colors in the Super Mario palette. You know, screen type colors. Finally I scrambled together knives, boxcutters and a few special cutting tools that I had up my sleeve. The material was assembled, and I was all set.

Then I went medieval on Mario’s ass, so to speak. I chopped out the little guy in the potatoes, gave him an ink bath and let him work his Mario Magic on paper. Turns out he’s just as charming in reality as in virtuality.

But hey! Isn’t the Mushroom supposed to make Mario grow big? Isn’t the star supposed to make him glow and run like greased lightning? And isn’t the Fire Flower supposed to give Mario the power to throw fire balls?

Here’s a few images of the process. Enjoy.

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