When preparing for my presentation of my proposal, I began thinking about how I could subvert my idea even further as I wasn't completely satisfied with my final work of just the series of images.
I had an initial idea about subverting the way I display the images but I never really went into too much detail about that at the start. So decided to research more about how photographs are most typically displayed. I found the artist Joseph Parra who physically "abuses" or "destroys" his images by scraping them or burning them etc. This opened up my mind to how I could physically subvert my images. Usually you are told to treat photographs with care and not to bend them so I did the opposite.
I ordered 8 copies of my series of images so I could experiment with different approaches to this without running out of images.
First, I crumpled, I bleach, I scraped, I scraped but with paint and I used the bleach again but more precise. (I was debating to burn the images as I did explore that idea briefly in the edges brief but I didn't have a safe place to do in my uni accommodation like I did in my house.)
That was great but I still wasn't done subverting. I then began to think about how in exhibitions the images are usually displayed in a line on the wall. How boring! I decided that I wanted to display my images on the floor and without the "professional lighting".
Continuing the idea of subvert, I plan to throw the images down onto the floor- not to position them in a specific way or in a pleasing way. I will also be playing random music over the videos I'm going to take of this process, again subverting the display process as usually you view art in silence or with music which amplifies the mood of that art work.
I love this idea as I am able to continue the idea of subvert constantly- from the subjects of the image to the music playing in the background. I could have overdone it on the subverting but maybe that is also a subversion in itself!
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