PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO III

  Here are my two contributions for the identifying self exhibition organized by Raija Abbott in collaboration with Darcy from Casa. These are 11x14” silver gelatin prints. One is a self portrait of myself pulling my mustache, a common thing I do. The other is my grandfather exploring the land he owns in Manitoba. I felt he represented my cultural aspect required for the exhibition as that is where our family unites often, and he has been a huge aspect in my life offering all of his wisdom. 

Due to the file size I had to upload the video on YouTube as Blogger wouldn’t allow me to upload it. (LINK BELOW)  For this project I wanted to explore a deep seated anxiety of mine around eating in public and vomiting. The fear itself is called Emetophobia and has been apart of my life for quite some time. I was really inspired by the movie Sinister and the super 8 sequences seen within that film. I originally thought I was going to add audio from the actual shots into the video but considered traditionally super 8 films didn’t have sound. I downloaded a super 8 reel sound to play alongside the clip to enhance the illusion of actually using super 8. The music for the video itself was all written by myself in Logic Pro X. I used an instrument called a mellotron  or a plugin of said instrument as I can’t afford the real thing. I then used a choir setting of a mix of male and female voices with a bit crusher which essentially degrades the sound of  instruments into melanc...