Title of Abstract
Who Are You
Session Title
Creative Expressions 3
College
College of Visual and Performing Arts
Department
Fine Arts
Faculty Mentor
Claudia O'Steen, M.F.A.
Abstract
Through self-portrait photographs and video, I am exploring the dissonance between my body and my emotions. Fear, hopelessness, discomfort, and personal trauma are all emotions I am confronting in these photographs, and through my varied body positions and expressions, I am having a conversation with myself and the viewer through intense eye contact or complete avoidance of the camera. The intimate and vulnerable state of my body in these photographs puts the viewer in a state of invasion, having to question if they feel comfortable confronting this space. The video furthers this sensation by seeing my body put in uncomfortable poses for a prolonged period of time, an extension of what these poses are in the photographs, undergoing stress to the point of trembling and flinching.
Type of Presentation
Oral presentation
Who Are You
Through self-portrait photographs and video, I am exploring the dissonance between my body and my emotions. Fear, hopelessness, discomfort, and personal trauma are all emotions I am confronting in these photographs, and through my varied body positions and expressions, I am having a conversation with myself and the viewer through intense eye contact or complete avoidance of the camera. The intimate and vulnerable state of my body in these photographs puts the viewer in a state of invasion, having to question if they feel comfortable confronting this space. The video furthers this sensation by seeing my body put in uncomfortable poses for a prolonged period of time, an extension of what these poses are in the photographs, undergoing stress to the point of trembling and flinching.
