"Vanity" it’s a term often applied to women who strive to be seen and to be heard. "Ego" it’s a term often used as a weapon against women in the STEM fields when they arrive with dignity, speak with strength and make their presence known.
It is through mutual bonding that we discover these strategies of subversion within the patriarchal maze. It is through out shared belief in our own value that we actualize our Pussy Power.
“Pussy Power” is a self portrait of the artist and technologist Katie McIntyre. In many ways she is referencing her previous works for her album artwork for Cardi B’s “Wild Side” and Nicki Minaj’s “Queen”.She builds upon the notion that the feminine form exists not to be concealed but to be expressed in a multitude of dimensions. The breasts are adorned with diamonds and intricate designs, although the material is sharp and not inviting to the touch. It is designed only for the woman to wear, and does not exist for the pleasure of the male. The vaginal and uterus symbols throughout are a signature of McIntyre’s that demand we rethink our views on what makes a shape truly sexual and outside commercial realms. The details ask; Do we sexualize womanhood so much so that we have imprisoned her? Is there a world in which we can actualize our pussy power and leave our fears of her shapes behind?
The sculpted glasses and body designs are hand crafted by McIntyre in a lengthy, complicated multi 3-d software process. On the lips she leaves a secret message, inviting the viewer in and playing on the phrase of “read my lips”.
In decadent diamond letters it reads “Pussy Power”.
Every inch of this expression is grounded in a bold shamelessness of the female form, the woman looks on to you in a one way mirror, for she sees things you do not. However, she does see the viewer and there is a coy mockery to her subtle dialogue. She expresses her power with so much confidence and skill that she weaves an inside joke into her web, for only the most astute to discover.
She asks the viewer to see themselves in her, to express their own feminine power through her.
Artist Bio
Katie McIntyre Is an artist, industrial and fashion designer, director and innovator. She is known for her visual philosophy of feminine futurism—a method of incorporating the empowered feminine voice into often highly patriarchal industries. She has lectured in the countries most prestigious STEM schools like Carnegie Mellon University, and was hired by both Apple and Google to develop new technology. Her latest endeavor—designing a feminist futurist car, resulted in a collaboration with Mugler/Goat in a campaign featuring Eartheater. Time Magazine has listed her as “one of the world’s leading female VFX artists” and she has create sold out NFT collections with both Time Magazine and Dress X. In the realm of fashion, she has been developing zero gravity space suits that have been featured at the Los Angles Science Center and she has created her own line of fashion with Flo Milli, Amazon and Hypebeast She has made her mark in pop culture by becoming the go to VFX artist for album art work for musicians like Cardi B, Nicki Minaj, Normani, Lizzo, and Latto for her distinct bold feminine style. Her album art work for Latto’s “Pussy” went viral for its cathartic message on Post Roe America.
