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introduction

Hello! I’m Scott. I am a rising third-year student at the University of Chicago, studying Visual Arts and Fundamentals (a build-your-own major/general liberal arts major). I currently am employed this summer working to catalog Post-WWII artists' books that my school's library has scattered about. During the school year, I work two part time jobs, as a barista/financial manager at a student-run cafe, and also as a "DJ" at my university's radio-station. I play all kinds of music, but I am registered as a "folk" DJ.

My dream is to go on to complete graduate school or a doctorate, and go into academia most likely teaching art history or aesthetic philosophy. If not, I would also like to become a museum curator, or work within a museum of some kind or teach art. And although art is my strongest interest, I find myself out of practice for the time being.

why i made this website

I know everyone says this, but I (truly) made this website so I could have a corner of the internet to myself. My hope is to share my thoughts and feelings and art to those that would like to see, and ultimatly to see the end of modern social media and the revival of indie web-blogging. I'll write a longer more cohesive manifesto on why it's so important, but this is a somewhat self-indulgent project made in the hopes of making something to look back on but also to create the representation I have yet to find.

why "gothicheramphrodite"?

The story of the name is that one of my friends kept drawing these very sad, goth, androgynous people on a whiteboard. When asked what they were, they said oh I just can't seem help drawing these "gothic-heramphrodite(s)". When they said that name, something clicked within in me. I felt this was a perfect description of who I am as a person. Also, I personally feel a connection to this Greek sculpture, the first depiciton of a hermaphrodite I'd ever seen growing up. It's still one of my favorite pieces of art of all time, it's very rare I find myself or anyone like me depicted in art, that's why it's so precious to me.

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  • name: Scott(y)
  • age: 20
  • pronouns: he/him
  • height: 5'11"
  • zodiac: Gemini sun / Leo moon / Scorpio rising
  • MBTI: INTP-T
  • enneagram: 4w5
  • major: Fundamentals + Visual Arts
  • location:Chicago, USA
  • ethnicity/race:white chicano/mexican
  • languages: English + Spanish
  • piercings: 20
currently
  • listening to: Pretty Odd-Panic at the Disco
  • reading: "A Progressive's Style-Guide"-Hannah Thomas & Anna Hirsch
  • watching: nothing! i'm boring..
  • making: this website :P
  • thinking about: my love life
  • working on: Post War Artist Books Catalog (Summer Internship)
favorite music

artists / bands:

  • Aphex Twin
  • Fall Out Boy
  • Lady Gaga
  • SPELLING
  • Charli XCX
  • SOPHIE
  • Sun Ra
  • Pierce the Veil
  • Field Medic
  • Sam Cooke
  • The Smiths
  • The Sundays
  • Tracy Chapman
  • Ayesha Erotica
  • Barry White
  • Elliot Smith
  • New Order/Joy Division
  • Nina Simone
  • Tommy february6
  • Bob Dylan

favorite albums:

  • Plantasia-Mort Garson
  • Odetta Sings Dylan-Odetta
  • Pet Sounds-The Beach Boys
  • Back to Black-Amy Whinehouse
  • The Turning Wheel-SPELLING
  • Beats and Breaks from the Flower Patch-Kitty Craft

this is my spotify if you would like to see what i'm listening to. sorry this hasn't been a very comprehensive list.

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favorites
  • color: orange
  • animal: seal, hyrax, pug
  • season: winter/fall
  • flower: bell flowers
  • stone:malachite, opal, abalone
  • drink: flavored lemonade
  • movie: wings of desire
  • book: i can't pick!
  • website: pinterest.com and tumblr.com
random facts
  • I can't read time on (analog) clocks
  • I technically have no eyebrows (I paint them on everyday)
  • I have a nervous habit of clicking my jaw/needing to crack every bone in bone/[touching my earrings when driving (only)]
  • I have no sense of direction (truly)
  • I think in mostly strings of sentences and sometimes very faint images
  • I used to be a niche internet microcelebrity on instagram (I left because I hated the art I was known for)