Posts Tagged ‘Carlos-Batts’
by Truant : June 8th, 2009 : Add a Comment »
A while back we told you about the April Flores BBW pussy mold gallery show, where she and curator Carlos Batts assembled something resembling the Magnificent Eight of pop-culture artists to add their creative interpretations to the original plaster molds of April’s beautiful vagina. The molds were made by Topco as they cast the world’s first fully fuckable realistic BBW pussy sex toy directly from April’s amazing body. Well, Amelia G and Forrest Black, from Blue Blood went to the gallery show and interviewed Carlos Batts, one of the artists named Misha, and April Flores about the art and it’s inspiration. It’s nice to see cool people we know from the static internet as they are in real life. Here is the video:
Here are some photos of some my favorite pieces that were in the show:

Jim Mahfood: Gold Teeth

Misha: Our Lady of the Labia

KozynDan: Passing Tuxedo Felines on the Journey to the next Dimension
Blue Blood writes:
This video features Forrest Black’s interview with the beautiful muse April Flores and my interview with art show curator and contributing artist Carlos Batts and contributing artist Misha (who enjoyed one of the tickets won by MorningStar in our Sisters of Mercy giveaway). Forrest Black and April Flores discuss what it is like to be immortalized in a very unique way and Carlos Batts and Misha and I discuss their inspirations for their respective pieces and Carlos Batts’ vision for the show. The gallery was kind enough to let us shoot while they were closing up, after the huge crowd had dispersed, so it would be quiet enough to hear the interviews, although I think you can see them flicking the lights on and off once or twice to remind folks to exit the building and head out to Good Luck Bar. The video is directed by Forrest Black. Blue Blood theme music is by Tim Skold. The gallery show party portion of the video features many luminaries in attendance, including yours truly, photographer Steve Diet Goedde, memorabilia historian Matt Kennedy, director Ramzi Abed, writer Gram Ponante, photographer Michael Prior (all the way from Australia!), and many more.
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by Truant : April 25th, 2009 : Add a Comment »
As we mentioned before, sexy BBW AltPorn star April Flores partnered with adult toy maker Topco to create the worlds first ultra realistic cyberskin functional replica of her hot lady parts, or more specifically the first commercially available totally fuckable realistic feeling BBW vagina. You can get usable replicas of male genitalia in ever shape, size, color, and configuration available, but when it comes to molded female toys, it’s interesting and even perhaps a little ground breaking that this is the very first that embraces the BBW form. We couldn’t think of a better and more fun woman for the job than the lovely April Florez, AKA Fatty D and we hope the toy is successful, so we can see more of our favrite BBW stars immortalized.
To celebrate the creation of this toy, April and creative partner Carlos Batts have decided to take the original plaster molds and have them artistically embellished by a diverse array of talented creative people, all to be unveiled and made available for public purchase at an exhibition even at La Luz de Jesus Gallery in Los Angeles California on May 13th. When asked about the project, April had the following to say. “Celebrating my phenomenal new Voluptuous CyberSkin Toy with all these amazing artists in the flourishing LA art scene is a dream come true,” states April Flores. “I am so excited and honored by this event and, I promise, the unveiling of the pieces is going to be a must-see!”
This sounds like a really fun event filled with cool and fun artistic people and we’re excited to see what people do with this sexy canvas.

FattyD writes:
APRIL FLORES TOY EXHIBIT
April Flores’ Love Toy is Canvas for Eight World-Renown Artists in Single Night Gallery Show
Hollywood, CA – Topco Sales & C. Batts FLY presents a unique, one-night-only exhibit featuring limited edition artist renditions of leading Big Beautiful Women (BBW) star April Flores’ Voluptuous CyberSkin Love Toy. Eight, world-renown, Los Angeles-based artists are designing one-of-a-kind creations, using plaster molds of the April Flores toy as their canvas. Participating artists include Axis, Carlos Batts, COOP, Jim Mahfood, Kime Buzzelli, Kozy & Dan, Misha, and Small Paul. The exhibit will take place on May 13th at La Luz de Jesus Gallery, and will be curated by Carlos Batts.
“Creative interpretations of the female anatomy are fundamental to art,” explains Carlos Batts, Curator. “Specifically, this project was inspired by the irony of Jeff Koons’ work and the playfulness of the Dunny movement, as well as by April herself. In this exhibit, April provides the blank canvas on which each artist has the opportunity to express his or her vision.”
April Flores has starred in numerous films and has been featured in countless magazines. Voted one of Fleshbot’s Crush Objects, she has a massive and rabid following within the BBW fan community. She is the first BBW star to be molded by Topco Sales.
“When Topco Sales molded April to make her toy, we knew we were breaking new ground. Partnering with her and C. Batts FLY to present this exhibit seems like a natural next step,” says Desiree Duffie, Director of Marketing and Public Relations for Topco Sales. “This show provides an inspired arena in which to play with such provocative issues as beauty, sexuality, intimacy, pleasure toys and more. I can’t wait to see each artist’s work.”
April Flores’ popularity, visibility, and name recognition ensure hearty demand for a piece of her. The eight April Flores pieces will be unveiled for the first time, and made available for sale, on the evening of the event. Each artist will invoke his or her signature style in designing a one-of-a-kind creation.
Axis is a provocative graphic illustrator and graffiti artist known for his bold images.
Carlos Batts is an accomplished film director, producer, and artist, who claims April Flores as his muse.
Known for smoking devils and outrageous monsters adorning everything from t-shirts to skate boards and album covers, COOP is an integral part of subversive LA art scene.
Jim Mahfood is a prolific comic book artist and member of the prestigious new Artsprojekt.
Kim Buzzelli combines fashion, music and witchcraft to design evocative paintings, illustrations and installations.
The mad-scientist pairing of Kozy & Dan results in unforgettable graphic designs, hip clothing and the Bunnyfish.
Misha is equally famous for her Large Eye, Japanese-inspired takes on famous figures and her brilliantly detailed tattoo art.
New Wave rocker and artist Small Paul has left his mark on countless celebrities as a highly sought after tattoo artist.
by Truant : April 22nd, 2009 : Add a Comment »
Creative director Carlos Batts delivers the third in his April Flores centric art-porn series, which originally kicked off with Alter Ego. April has such good chemistry one film as well as pictures and it’s always fun to see more of her. Glamazons gives us some interesting voyeuristic insight into April’s sexy life as her sexual star rises. I would like to see a little more footage of things like her art-nude drawing parties and fan signings and other real life coverage, but I know there are also some people who might not be into more of that. From what we’ve seen it does have a bit of a documentarian feel than standard porno though and although it can come across as a bit indulgent in it’s production, these guys really are exploring their media and it’s fun to be along for the ride.

FattyD writes:
Glamazons is the 3rd act in the documentary series directed by Carlos Batts. The series was initiated by the art film Alter Ego, internationally received followed Voluptuous Life. Glamazons stars April Flores, who according to Bizarre Magazine is “The worlds biggest sex star. Glamzons is the digital evolution of a model to a muse now Sex Star. If Paul Rubens or Egon Schiele had a camera they would be on April facebook page, setting up a photo session with her. April is part of the lineage of woman that have inspired the masters through out the history of art.
Glamazons is April Flores at her most sensational, a voluptuous delicious woman who inspires creative energy and provokes the possibility that the video camera is the new paint brush. April Flores the 21st century MUSE invites us inside her seamless exotic photo sessions; Downtown Exhibitionism and Solitary Fun where sexy is the new fetish. Starring: April Flores, Ruby Violence, Jerry…guest appearances by Alix Lakehurst, Blue and her Pole Dancing Friends, Quin, Honey & Jersey.
Featuring music by: The One, hustlePUNCH, DHUNDEE, Dirt & Bank, BHAV
April and I first thought of this as an extension of the photography we’d created the first 4 years of our relationship. We shot so much, all the time; we just needed another medium to help document the speed at which we recorded our lives. After making Alter Ego we were hesitant about doing another video project because we were not trying to make a pseudo artist adult film, or gonzo porn. We just wanted to try to document our lives for artistic reasons. The video camera became a natural extension of the art.

by Truant : December 28th, 2008 : Add a Comment »
We’re always fans of whatever sexy April Flores does and we love a lot of the creative works of her collaborator Carlos Batts, so you know we’re interested in checking this new project out. It’s billed as a trippy rendition of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (which made for a kind of a stupid movie IMHO) meets Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (which was actually fairly enjoyable), with a heavy peppering of the classic Russ Meyer film Faster Pussycat Kill Kill. Honestly, watching this trailer, I would expect Tura Satana’s iconic character Varla to show up and probably punch some of these freaks in the face, as that was more her style, but it looks like a sexy romp none the less. My own desert Femdom fantasies aside, it looks like a genuinely creative piece of cinema and by all accounts is in fact highly anticipated. Damn April looks hot in the shade, straddling that big machine. Yummy.

Carlos Batts writes:
Shot on the original location of the classic Russ Meyer film Faster Pussycat Kill Kill, Director Carlos Batts revisions the original film into a surreal sex odyssey.
Three Dance Divas – April (April Flores), Cholita (LA Cholita) and Boom Boom (Bunny de La Cruz) – get lost during their cross country dance tour. In the desolate nowhere lives a deranged and sassy dance cult lead by Pa Fuschia Flores the self proclaimed Diva of the Desert. In a jealous rage Pa Fuschai declares her lost friends her mortal enemies and vows to destroy them in a desert wrestling match.
Music by: hustlePUNCH, BHAV, HELLEBORE 70, Polkadot Cadaver, Dactyl, Fishnet Stalkers, Horse the Band, DHUNDEE
“The best way to describe this latest Carlos Batts venture is that it’s kinda like an acid trip mixed with one of John Waters’ earlier movies…I don’t even think they make the right words that would encompass the sheer bizarre/amazingness…” – Hotmovies.com
“…a trippy combination of “Fear And Loathing in Las Vegas,” “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert,” and – I don’t know – Lucha Libre that features drag queens, desert dance-offs, and the ample talents of April Flores.” – Fleshbot.com
by Truant : October 22nd, 2007 : Add a Comment »
April Flores, AKA FattyD, is always up to something fun and delicious and she’ll be celebrating the release of her sexy new video by acclaimed visual artist Carlos Batts on November 16th November 30th, in Hollywood, California. They were even nice enough to put our blurb on the party announcement! Wish we could go. Maybe we need to send some of our Hollywood ‘people’ over there to have fun for us by proxy. Friends and industry peeps should be sure to RSVP for the party in time, and even if you are not able to go, be sure to check out the sexy video. April has a great playful sexual vibe and we’re really looking forward to seeing her and her friends in this new release.
by EdRoth : July 1st, 2006 : Add a Comment »
If I were to wildly oversimplify things, I could put the kinds of content we cover at altporn.net into two camps: artsy erotica and bonerfying pornography. In reality most of it falls somewhere between the two, with sites like FatalBeauty.com floating over near planet Artsy Erotica, and movies like Joanna’s Angels in a shallow orbit around the celestial sphere of Porn.

Alter Ego, the new film from Carlos Batts, is very, very much in the artsy erotica camp; properly emphasized, the ARTSY erotica camp. AE is a carnival of sensuality and skin and bent gender in slow motion, reminiscent of David Lynch and, less frequently, Andy Warhol.

AE is Carlos Batts’ tribute to April Flores/Fatty D, the voluptuous erotic performer and “super muse” who slides effortlessly between phat azz lowrider chica, living porcelain doll, and deadly stitched-up horror vixen. Batts’ moody, ethereal imagery captures a wide-ranging series of Flores’ erotic experiences, some of them sexy, some of them disturbing. Slow-paced and set to a stew of electro and hip-hop, it’s the kind of thing you watch in a quiet room at 2am when no one’s awake.

The altporn scene is just taking off in the mainstream adult industry, and it’s likely that we’re going to get a lot more punk/goth porn vids on the market. I’m not complaining, because I dig watching punk rawk girls get it on bigtime, but films like Alter Ego are important contrasts to easier-to-swallow porn. We need works like this to remind ourselves of the wide-ranging possibilities of erotic art.
by EdRoth : April 12th, 2006 : add a comment (1 so far) »
I’m very excited about the release of Alter Ego, a DVD starring April Flores (aka Fatty D) by Carlos Batts.

Stunningly voluptuous muse April Flores’ real life fantasies and adventures have been documented over the past 5 years by acclaimed photographer/director Carlos Batts. Now available for the first time ever on DVD, Alter Ego: A poetic visual erotic tale. You’ll get a glimpse into their real life erotic adventures and kinky photo sessions.
Check out the trailers in Quicktime or Windows Media format, and dig these production pics below:


by EdRoth : April 6th, 2005 : Add a Comment »
We’d like to introduce you all to Addie, but she’s all tied up right now. Well known erotic artist Carlos Batts adds his pervy vision to the GothicSluts.com collection with this kinky bondage set. And as you know, we’re all about the spooky evil eyebrows!
Rope is cool and all, but I’m digging on those red heels. Yow.
by EdRoth : February 10th, 2005 : Add a Comment »
BlueBlood sez:
We’re happy to introduce French cutie Sandee to Blue Blood’s GothicSluts.com. The Blue Blood crew has known Carlos Batts, the creative photographer responsible for this vibrant photo series, for over a decade now. It seems hard to imagine us all hanging out and sharing portfolios at the comic book convention in New Yorks Javits Center so many years ago. He has an extraordinary eye for beautiful colors and unique striking subjects and Blue Blood couldn’t be more pleased to share his work with a new audience today.
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