Photo-sculpture
The main idea of this series was to examine objects' properties in a denaturalised state. Through camera treatment and isolation, their architectural, shape, form and textural properties allow one to see objects as the focus of the image or subsumed as an aesthetic component in the greater composition. Additionally, there is a discussion on the traditional role of still lives as displays of bounty and harvest as being subverted by concepts of impermanence and illusion.
The first image of each half relates to understanding form, the controller being a mechanical examination, the apple being an organic one. The second image relates to directionality and motion, the pencil motions actively while the toilet paper lies immobile and cold. These are of landscape orientation to showcase how the properties can dominate the aesthetic. In a high key transition from the first two reds, the white glove signals with the final bottle a concern with light being used to describe something beyond the depicted object itself, an ascendant trait. The glove’s soft light on its torn tips and limp gesture give the sense of a derelict structure as the light peers from the scaffolding needlework. On the bottle, a sensation of fresh water, cold but inviting is made palpable though illusory, as in reality it was empty and full of dust.
Controller
Charcoal and Bandage
Glove
Fruit
Tissue
Bottle
