umeshu
non-conformity, anti-socialness - so according to McLuhan, artists have a particular job.
how do i sharpen others' view of our current environment?
umeshu.
this photo series is about containing and commodifying culture.
we observe it, put it under microscopes to uncover more meaning from it (archeology), are struck by awe when we see it in a glass vitrine (museums -> exoticizing, romanticizing)
how do we obtain consent from the culture when we put these artifacts on for display, do we look towards the people themselves or to those who are "qualified" in that area of study/people,
am i exoticizing the culture by viewing this"revered" type of fruit and calling it a brain,
is it okay that i manipulate these images so that you are intrigued by whether or not i am holding a container of a brain?
this is alcohol.
drinking alcohol is fun.
what we do to culture is fun
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i like how you took so many images of the same subject at different angles. in photos one thing i think can feel kind of lacking is the fact that we usually can only see the image from a single angle, the angle chosen by the photographer. but just in showing different sides and angles of the same object you created a greater sense of depth and attachment to the object. we know the object a lot more personally.
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