HD Video, 00:04:24, silent, 2014
Ham-Handed finds its source in “speed painting” instructional drawing and painting videos located on YouTube. These videos
demonstrate how to draw portraits (often of celebrities) using time-lapse photography or sped-up video footage to compress the
process into a short time span. Cutting and collaging elements from these found sources along with original footage, a composite
portrait is created where varying ideals of beauty depicted by artists of varying degrees of skill combine to create a
Frankenstein-like image