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The inception of Descriptions were built on a short spoken word piece to connect currently selected photographs while making room for future installments. Portraits ii and iii will be characterized by voice/tone to emphasize the duality of the story, exchanging dialogues through the descriptions. Both characters will make distinctive references to some form of art, painting mental pictures and resonating with numerous ideologies, serving as a form metaphorical pictures.
1. See more than the heavens
2. As Narcisus never saw more than the pond
3. In a world littered with geometry
4. I too shall pass away for loving world
5. Welcoming its philosophic beauty
6. Tempered and conceptualized by ideology
(ii) So bare witness to a mere shard of my soul
(iii) More than a fragment of myself but a reflection of yours
Randomly pairing photographs to these descriptors, the collection is meant to be modular.
The secret mission is to push you to change how you look at the picture. This bigger picture is shown in how (iii) shifts (ii)'s world view by guiding them to outgrow their obedience to the objective as (ii) is implored to indulge in their own subjectivity.
In a perfect world, viewers' experience would go as follows:
Notice picture> Engage curiosity> Investigate> Read description> Revisit picture with altered perspective.
As a contingency plan for the kids in the back, the modularity of the collection also serves as insurance banking on sublime of "everything is art, its just how you look at it". The descriptions are written as short creative writing pieces adding another layer of art. So both the pictures can stand with each other or alone and so can the descriptions.
Whether you "get it" or not, I want the viewer to know they have the power to enjoy my art and feel some sort of impact in some sort of way regardless of their capacity.
The more they get it = the more they see | NOT | the more they see = the more they get it
Get it? It's meant to purely be open to interpretation. The perspective engages the subjective.
Notice pattern(s)- make connection(s)- enjoy the experience(s)- reapproach
May you find some inspiration to do. q:^)
Introspective
Food for the Thought
So bear witness to a mere shard of my soul.
To be an artist of my time or not to be myself?
That is the question. :P
Introspective
Food for the Thought
More than a fragment of myself but a reflection of yours.
Inspired by Kendrick Lamar’s Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City (2014) short film shot directed by Kahlil Joseph and featured in "The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century," at the Art Gallery of Ontario
Serve as a fan fiction of a black youth resonating with Kendrick Duckworth's aspirations to uplift a community, empowered to inspire my own.
Following an example to lead by example and to speak through translative methods.
Kendrick Lamar- Mortal Man (Inspired to motivate)
Prospective
Food for the Thought
See more than the Heavens
When the freedom of vision is constrained by fixed fundamentals of expression, how would you choose to look at the world around you?
How could you let yourself be consumed by despair you set out to extinguish?
Should the perspective of the world shape the experience of your reality?
(Context Breakdown) How do I see the uplifting messages of gurren laggen and use them to translate themes and ideologies which I let shape sculpture?
Reflective
Food for the Thought
As Narcissus never saw more than the pond
How have I allowed [institution] to frame a part of my soul?
Will the work flow to source premium marble guarantee the refinement of my prestige?
Should I surrender to the objectivity I’m subject to?
How would I know I am looking at a reflection or just a pond?
(Feature Theme) Magical realism Narcos S2 episode 10 and phrase "Plata o plumo" - money or lead.
Retrospective
Food for the Thought
In a world littered with geometry
Is the consumption of 2d art affected by how we interpret other dimensions and forms of art?
Compliance may serve as a mere façade compromise, so why not see it through?
Allow yourself to grieve the moment
(Head Space) Kendrick Lamar- Dying of Thirst
Perceptive
Food for the Thought
Welcoming its philosophic beauty
When shrieks of expression resonate through the chamber of your form, will you hear the cries of your own soul or the echo of another?
Will your drive be veered off course in a desperate attempt cling to conformity?
Do you wish to further yield to the industrialization of individuality or follow the sound of your soul?
Inquisitive
Food for the Thought
I too shall pass away for loving world
Dreading the reception of love you never felt the warmth of, Was it ever about the potential gain or the fear of failure?
Are you willing to savor the stench of accolades you never knew about, surrounded by recognition you would never recognize?
Are the late nights and repetitive motions an escape from mourning snake eyes, or a love dedicated to the thrill of the game?
Context breakdown Express fondness of word play and love "the Gamble".
Conceptive
Food for the Thought
Tempered and conceptualized by ideology
Does your art take the shape of your priorities or energy?
How will your workflow affect the work itself?
Will it shape the sound of your soul or embody a testimony of technical prowess?
Will you change how people see the art or see the world around them?
Inspiration combo: Rifleman's Creed and Neon Genesis Evangelion's Episode 4: Hedgehog's Dilemma
