Post-Buttanalysestheviralityofimagesinourmediatedsociety.Morerounded,itisacasestudyaroundtheimageoffemalebutts,bootys,andbehinds,andtheirinfluenceinmedia,societyandart.Thebuttistheprotagonistofmass-mediatedculture,itisthedemocraticsexorganparexcellence.Thephenomenonofbootyficationexistsinmanycontexts,asvariedastheexploitationofthebodyincolonialismto90shiphopculture.Post-Buttgoesthroughdifferentperiodsintimeandplace,toanalyzethepoliticalmeaningoftheusageoftheimageofthefemalebuttocks.Then,itdiscussestheroleofthebootyinvariedculturalexpressionssuchasfilm,Internetart,musicvideos,danceandplasticsurgery.Deepinside,Post-buttaimstoreflectonhowoursocietyisconditionedbyviralimages,thatdonotonlyexistinthedigitalcontext,buthavedeepconsequencesonourphysicalworldaswell.
WithanintroductionbyCharlottevanBuylaere,curatorandwriterspecialisminpost-feminismandInternetart.FeaturingEminem,NickiMinaj,GuyDebord,Beyonce,AmySchumer,KaraWalker,JosephineBaker,KimK.SaartjeBaartman,AmaliaUlman,andmanymorebootyfulothers