For my project, I initially wanted to focus on teenage girls in the city and their sticky, dramatic lives. How they ooze and lick and stay. However, I have decided to focus on my own experiences with mental illness instead, specifically bipolar disorder. In a way, it still relates to my initial idea because teenage girls are typically seen as crazy. It will be interesting to explore the topic from an artistic point of view.
I either would like to harbor in on details affected by my illness, whether in my control or not. I've taken a lot of photographs of my apartment, which often changes due to my mood. It stirs or rots as I do. In this case, I'd be focusing on observations.
Or, I'd do the opposite and curate photographs with great intent. This would include portraits and setting up scenes in specific ways.
I think, ultimately, I'd like to merge both the observational - the details I don't touch - with specific, focused images that I am in control of. I think that would be more accurate as to what it's like to live with a mental illness - being in and out at the same time.
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