Staged installation view of 'SUBMISSION FORMAT' by Characters ASCII, a contemporary queer artwork composed of five ASCII-rendered panels printed on salvaged dot-matrix paper, installed with a sculptural object for spatial reference.
Macro detail of ASCII character patterning in 'SUBMISSION FORMAT,' a queer digital artwork showing line-by-line rendering of a nude body in restrained posture
Angled installation view of 'SUBMISSION FORMAT,' a post-digital homoerotica piece by Characters ASCII, framed and mounted in a five-panel sequence alongside sculptural chair for contrast.
Alternate close-up of ASCII text in 'SUBMISSION FORMAT,' showing structural rhythm and body contours rendered in monospaced character syntax on continuous-feed paper.
Additional staged view of 'SUBMISSION FORMAT' by Characters ASCII, showing framed ASCII-rendered conceptual photography arranged across a white gallery wall.
Original conceptual photograph for 'SUBMISSION FORMAT’ shot by Characters ASCII, depicting a nude male figure bound in closed posture — later rendered into ASCII for this contemporary queer art piece.
Original photograph for “SUBMISSION FORMAT,” with background removed and editing grid overlay, exploring erotic surrender through digital translation on vintage continuous-feed paper.
SUBMISSION FORMAT — he folds on cue, not as surrender but as proof. control shapes the figure — execute command.
Details:

    Year: 2025

    Format: 5 individual sheets

    Dimensions per sheet: 24cm × 97cm (~9.5″ × 38.2″)

    Total: 120cm × 97cm (~47.2″ × 38.2″)

    Printing method: ASCII output via dot-matrix on salvaged continuous-feed paper

    Edition of 3 (per colorway, signed + numbered)

    Ships unframed

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      Curatorial Note
    Held across five soft-hued sheets, SUBMISSION FORMAT reinterprets the act of yielding. What looks like surrender is, in fact, sequence. The figure folds into itself, limbs arranged by command rather than collapse. The work treats the body as a looped sequence: shaped by control, calibrated by gaze, and stabilized in posture.
In doing so, he becomes a diagram of discipline—a study in what it means to perform visibility inside constraint. Submission here isn’t passive—it’s ritualized assertion.

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