My portrait of Vaiva is a paper fortune teller.
The initial idea for the portrait of Vaiva is an installation. It is going to be Vaiva’s bag filled with small notes of her answers deducted from the interview. But after the interview at Vaiva, I went on to find another project that reflects her. I ended up with a paper fortune teller.
Vaiva is very unpredictable, complex and random, just like this child’s game. The paper fortune teller’s colors are inspired by Vaiva’s perfume, that marked me the most during the interview since it fits her so well.
I went on using photoshop, to create the pattern of the fortune teller, and printed it out. I later on, asked Vaiva to write down adjectives that contradict themselves, but that describee Vaiva since she is so complex.
I went on using photoshop, to create the pattern of the fortune teller, and printed it out. I later on, asked Vaiva to write down adjectives that contradict themselves, but that describee Vaiva since she is so complex. The colors on the fortune teller are inspired by her perfume that she wears.
Since Vaiva is still trying to figure out who she is, the aspect of the fortune teller fits well, as if she is still rolling the dice to figure out her identity. the unpredictability also works well with Vaiva’s character.
On the fortune teller, you can find under each fold two contradictory adjectives or nouns in Vaiva’s handwriting.
I found a hard time describing Vaiva, both for the studio and seminar project. She is very complex and contradictory in a way and wanted to show that through my projects.
I was disappointed that my idea was not very well interpreted by the class. I would have added a sent the fortune teller with Vaiva’s perfume that basically inspired the color scheme. I would probably develop this project more with an instruction manuel.