35mm Photography

 

In this project I am incorporating my unique countercultural aesthetic, psychological manipulation and many other elements. I wanted to try and explore the impact of genetic trauma on dreams, physical symptoms and behaviour, and the effect it has on entire generations. I believe that in some cultures genetic load can manifest itself in dreams and mysterious physical ailments as clues to deciphering one’s future behaviour and fate. These photographs are connected to fragments of memory. They remind me of strong memories, feelings of loss, belonging and heartbreak. These images are linked to shared moments of memory for myself and my father, and they trigger a reaction to something in my past that intensifies a sense of loss, a fleeting disappearance. “I don’t know if I should be heartbroken or how to face the future” supports my work and my process of discovery, it exemplifies the experimental nature of my fusion of film photography techniques into a mix media work, there is no one answer to the difficulty of how to cope with grief, but we have a deep and primal sense of feeling that doesn’t need to be There is no one answer to the difficulty of coping with grief, but we have deep and raw feelings that don’t need to be understood or defined, but rather need to feel life and explore within ourselves.

I have incorporated streaming objects that my dad used to use and my life experiences of staying in various countries to create a narrative based on psychedelic nightmares and free association. In this work, I try to portray the emotions rooted in the deepest essence of human beings and the power that comes from experiencing destruction. The laws of life in this world are equally overshadowed by love and loss, and feelings and experiences are sometimes intertwined in magical or tragic ways. For me, this world is a revolt against fear and inhumanity, for passion itself is the act of challenge.