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==Gap analysis==
 * What is the title of the article in which you identified a gap. If no article exists at all, what should the title be?

Kate Durbin


 * Document the gap you found, describe how you identified it, and analyze its impact on knowledge.

One of her current pieces, "Cloud Nine" was not represented on her Wikipedia page.


 * Propose a paragraph of new or substantially edited content based on reliable sources. (If you are editing existing content, post the current version along with your edited version, and clearly mark which is which.)

Kate Durbin, launched her newest online project titled “Cloud Nine” in 2015. Durbin asked female-identifying artists to submit confessions anonymously asking what they have done for money. She explains the motivation behind this piece is starting a conversation on the exploitation of women’s bodies; many women have to do sex work in order to have enough money to be artists. By retrieving anecdotal stories from real women, Durbin is creating an authentic emotional creation with this piece. She wants to “highlight the difficulties creative faces—particularly women—in securing funds for their work, whether it’s compensation for their pieces made or financial support to travel and show their work”. She states she has received over 50 stories from women by reaching out via social media. In one of her interviews with DJ Pangburn, she explains how she hopes the effects from her performance will tear down societal boundaries, “I want to hear everyone’s stories. There is so much shame around money, but I refuse that shame- I hope others will join me.” “Cloud Nine” was a performance piece that was streamed online, ending with her own personal story about her financial struggles as a female artist. This piece can be viewed on Youtube and is about 2 hours long; she connects with viewers online during this performance. Originally this performance piece was aired on two sites: "New Hive" and "Cam4". She chose Cam4, a sex cam site, to create a realistic platform to her message. In one of her interviews with Konbini, she states that "the cam girl aspect of the project means I am also playing with gender and the idea of the female fantasy ‘object’… basically, I’m interested in how women’s bodies are commodities in both the art world and the sex industry, how those bodies are both hyper-visible and invisible.”


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