Project 4: Reenactment

Through reenacting this sculpture by Justin Novak, I inserted some ideas expressed through Francesca Woodman's photographs. I used myself as a model and tried to set myself in a similar position to that of the figure of the sculpture. The chair used in the image has similar curves to those in the surface that the figure is sitting on, which is also reminiscent of the chair used in one of the Woodman photographs I am referencing as well. The other photograph contains a fireplace that seems to be a place to hide or be trapped behind. In my creation I am using the fireplace and my backdrop, and even though I am not yet sure if it holds the same meaning, it is a similarity aesthetically through both. 

My "reenactment" revolves around the idea of emotions. The figure is in a darkly adorned setting yet there is an ample amount of light streaming through the windows. It seems as if there was once a darker setting and is now lighter. There was once destruction, but now the figure is sewing up and fixing the sores of the past and moving forward. My other work has dealt with being taken over and consumed by emotions as to stunt ones function and threaten their being. However, through this project it is almost as if this is the resolution to my previous work in ceramics. 

I am using the sculpture by Justin Novak included in his Disfigurines series as the basis of my Reenactment project. I like the adaptation of the ideal of the porcelain figurine and making it humane, but past that to the inhumane back to a sort of rag doll type of figure. 

Since it is a sculpture, I wanted to base the background and lighting off of a photographer, Francesca Woodman who seems to discuss some similar ideals to the sculpture above. She uses all natural light in old, ruined, but plain, domestic settings, which I intend on imitating in certain respects.

Project 3: Color Wheel

While on a trip to Florida, I photographed different parts of the parks throughout the days that I was there. Originally I had set out to focus on the depiction of the various countries in Epcot, one of Disney's parks. However, I found myself being drawn to a lot of the mechanical aspects of the area. After all, the park is completely run on mechanics and all of the magic that is presented would not be shown without these parts. I found myself focusing on the color yellow, orange, red, purple, green, and blue colors of rails, lamps, and operative systems that surround us in the park. These colors are the six main colors of the rainbow and are also the primary and secondary colors, which means that they are each others compliments. They are so intertwined yet so different. The warm colors are all hazardous or cautious things that were represented in the parks. The cool colors are revitalizing and calming or whimsical. I printed the images the size of an average postcard size. This to me references the fact that Disney, Sea World, and Universal are picturesque places and these are images of all the things that hold up those ideas, yet would probably never be showcased on the countless postcards that these companies produce.  

Project 2: My Favorite Image

I chose this image because it is taken nearby my house in a preserve. It is something that is out of the ordinary for the suburbs, but is completely appropriate since it is so apparent in my town. I altered the images on different surfaces including, tile, bristol paper, and glossy photo paper. All of the different prints of the same image makes it an interesting contrast to see how things change based on the surface. I also altered one of the images to make it significantly darker and bluer to have a spookier and more negative connotation attached to the image. The last image I made to look vintage in a way and resembled a lot of my mother's old family pictures.