For project brief 1 the idea was to explore our own spaces. Immediately when we consider our own space our eyes are drawn to the things which make it ours. In my case my focus became my belongings. However within this train of thought I considered the ways in which my belongings in the space are ultimately subject to the ways in which I choose to animate them. To translate this into simple English – my space is full of my belongings, and they are where they are because I put them there.
In the past I have reflected on my tendency to like order, I am by no means obsessed with it, however I have a tendency to place things in grids, rows and perpendicular lines. I decided to explore this tendency through the photographic sequence for the project. I decided to use high contrast photos with 0% colour saturation. The idea behind this was to draw a focus on the lines and shapes I had created with my belongings. In some cases I would slightly reposition the items in order for the photos composition to work. However I did not in any situation remodel the natural position of the objects.
While taking the photos I soon realized I was subject to an ongoing clash of personalies. I am on one hand orderly and squared while being opposed by my procrastinatory lazie self which leaves things in a mess. This inspired me to take the second installment of images. These are hastily framed, off kilter, highly saturated images with an overall feeling of claustrophobia. The idea was to contrast them as heavily as possible with the neat alignment of the initial images.
The Photos can be explored here:
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