  Created by artist Rae Threat for their 2018 Level Ground residency, The Untitled Body Project explores how society has shaped our relationship to our bodies, utilizing groundbreaking 3D photography techniques to capture portraits of sex workers, adult film actors, and body positivity activists.
  

About The Show

Artist Rae Threat’s Level Ground residency culminated on October 19, 2018 with the premiere gallery exhibition of The Untitled Body Project, held at Unit C, an art gallery in East LA. The exhibition was a fully immersive multimedia art show, displaying Rae’s 3D portraits at larger-than-life scale via LED panels, a centralized video installation on multiple monitors, and large-scale printed portrait suspensions. The show also featured a live music performance, a panel conversation with several of the Untitled models, and a short documentary composed of interviews with individuals of different shapes, sizes, genders, and identities discussing issues of body positivity and acceptance.

Since 2018, Rae has continued working with Level Ground to adapt The Untitled Body Project into a forthcoming short film, with an expected release date in late 2020.

The Creative Team

Rae Threat, creator and 2018 Level Ground artist-in-residence
Rae Threat (they/them) is a Thai-American artist, photographer, filmmaker, and advocate. She is renowned for her alternative approach to photography, stemmed from her desire to invert stereotypes and challenge views.

Rae’s work has been exhibited in galleries from L.A. and San Francisco to Turkey, Vienna, and Berlin. Their alternative approach to photography uniquely merges the underground art and music scene and LGBTQ community. Notable queer icon Courtney Trouble has referred to Rae as the ‘Celebrity Photographer’ of San Francisco's feminist queer scene.

Rae currently spearheads Threat Films and continues to explore challenging views and thought-provoking subjects. Current projects include a feature documentary about Thailand’s trans activists and their fight for equal rights; a feature documentary about women advocating against online harassment; a video campaign for Bye Felipe and Change.org to help end unsolicited dick pics on the internet; and a new art show advocating for sex workers’ rights, which has been shown at SOMArts in San Francisco.

Models