Introduction to our Chapter
Quote 1: “Where the people can sing the poet can live
Where the poet can sing the people can live”
Quote 2: “Things often have to be destroyed,
dissolved in acid, cut apart, or dismantled in
order to tell their full story”
These quotes talk about unity and destruction. While the first one illustrates the power of the union of forces, of inspiring one another and of the harmony that exists in a balanced system, the second one delves deeper into the creation of these forces that unite us, the destruction we undergo in order to unleash our power. We, as a group, chose to explore this unique balance of unity and destruction and the symbiotic relationship between being connected and present eternally in a system, and yet isolated and ephemeral.
Our conceptual process:
We all kind of knew that we were going to use photos. So regardless what kinds of photos we took, we wanted to focus on the gathering of the photos and the format. Initially Saheim had photos took on an app that had a vintage feel to it, photo as a film. And as a fan of film photo I thought why not use the film idea and apply it to our project. When we individually got all of our photos,I gathered all of them and formatted them to fit in a booklet. The concept that I thought could really go well with the whole film idea was projecting the method of how photos are usually chosen as a photographer. To create something and maintain the beauty, you also have to destruct photos that you don’t want. And adding to that, giving motion to the photos, giving the white frame the impression of moving across these films.
Our roles:
Anshu: Quotes, 2 individual photo interpretation.
Saheim: Idea of film roll, 2 individual photo interpretation
Georgia: 2 individual photo interpretation
MiRi: Booklet formatting, individual photos.