Buffalo Watching examines masculinity as a cultural construct shaped by image, performance, and mechanisms of consumption. Drawing on the visual legacy of the Buffalo movement—known for merging streetwear with high fashion and introducing fluid, often androgynous representations of identity—the project shifts its focus from identity to surface. In this context, the male body becomes an object to be styled, displayed, and ultimately consumed.
The body is not passive—it participates in this process, making choices that appear autonomous yet remain embedded within broader cultural mechanisms. The work features two artists: Nicolò, a fashion designer, and Milo, a DJ—figures operating at the intersection of image, performance, and visual culture.
The visual layer is disrupted by fragments from “Potęga smaku" ("The Power of Taste”) by Zbigniew Herbert, in which “taste” emerges as not only an aesthetic but also an ethical category—a tool for choice and resistance.
To wcale nie wymagało wielkiego charakteru
mieliśmy odrobinę koniecznej odwagi
lecz w gruncie rzeczy była to sprawa smaku...
mieliśmy odrobinę koniecznej odwagi
lecz w gruncie rzeczy była to sprawa smaku...
It did not require great character at all
we had a small measure of necessary courage
but in fact it was a matter of taste...
we had a small measure of necessary courage
but in fact it was a matter of taste...
The video expands this reflection, questioning how beauty, desire, and cultural habits intersect and coexist. Set across industrial, domestic, and performative spaces, the work presents bodies oscillating between strength and vulnerability, control and exposure. Within this framework, masculinity is no longer understood as a fixed condition, but as a process of continuous negotiation.”