The Harvest — Andrew Roberts

Mauricio Muñoz and Andrew Roberts collaborate for the first time to conceive The Harvest, a musical romantic comedy situated in an otherworldly and fantastical realm. In this project, they play a couple of orcs hiding and living peacefully in the woods amidst a land where segregation between magical creatures is the norm, taking the form of a video piece accompanied by a series of photographic portraits and sculptures.

Interested in exploring the Otherness present in the fantasy genre through its hierarchical system of magical races, the artists reclaim the figure of the orc as analogous to their own gender, sexual and bodily identities. They insert their practice into Internet subcultures that relate to each other through post-human erotic avatars, recognizing in this the power of images as mobiles of desire.

Portrait, 2021. Collaboration with Mauricio Muñoz. Inkjet print on cotton paper. 50 × 40 cm — 20 × 16 in.

Full leather jacket, 2021. Collaboration with Mauricio Muñoz. Inkjet print on cotton paper. 50 × 40 cm — 20 × 16 in.

Queendom, 2021. Collaboration with Mauricio Muñoz. Inkjet print on cotton paper. 50 × 40 cm — 20 × 16 in.

Mining, 2021. Collaboration with Mauricio Muñoz. Inkjet print on cotton paper. 50 × 40 cm — 20 × 16 in.

Clouds, 2021. Collaboration with Mauricio Muñoz. Inkjet print on cotton paper. 50 × 40 cm — 20 × 16 in.

Shield, 2022. Collaboration with Mauricio Muñoz. PLA 3D print. 60 × 59 × 14 cm — 23 1⁄2 × 23 × 5 1⁄2 in.

Sword, 2022. Collaboration with Mauricio Muñoz. PLA 3D print. 80 × 20 × 9 cm — 31 1⁄2 × 8 × 3 1⁄2 in.

Book, 2022. Collaboration with Mauricio Muñoz. PLA 3D print. 33 × 50 × 5 cm — 13 × 19 3⁄4 × 2 in.

The Harvest, Installation view at Delaplane, San Francisco, 2021.