Assignment 5 - Reflection
When does the image stop being a collection of pictures and become something else? The images I chose go from being random mostly unrelated objects to a hopefully somewhat convincing photo of food with a surrealist sort of vibe. In the print I have placed the image that I was trying to mimic to call back to what this is meant to be, to emphasize the fact that these objects have taken up a new form/life. Does your work feel seductive, excessive, or uncomfortable? I think it could maybe be seen as uncomfortable but I think that I would say that it's more questionable than uncomfortable. Why a hot dog? What context is this in? Why is there very little background? To address the last question I think it makes this scene feel like a moment of solitude while also calling back to the idea of advertising. Where is the image “too much,” and is that effective? Instead of creating an overwhelming image full of various objects I wanted to concentrate them in certain areas of the piece l...
