| Popis: |
Traditionally, the silhouette was used to create a profile portrait of a person prior to the accessibility of the photograph. In my photography I am combining traditional silhouette portraiture with the zoetrope (a simple animation device from the 19th century). The animation device allows a sequence of images to become constant loops of motion, where the viewer controls the speed and duration of that motion. I align the cyclic nature of the animations to psychological states and memory.I have searched my own memory and utilized personal experience to create this body of symbolic imagery. In my images a woman balances a book on her head, but it is constantly slipping off and being pushed back on. Perhaps this relates to old-fashioned ideals of being a lady, or perhaps it relates to the balance and imbalance of psychological states. This duality is important, which is why the images appear twice; Once in a triptych form, life-size on the wall and again in animation form, smaller and more intimate. |
