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Disconnected Photograph
United States
Photography, Digital on Other
Size: 24 W x 18 H x 1 D in
About The Artwork
In various indigenous cultures there are individuals , known as shamans, that are so deeply connected to the earth that the can communicate with plants. In our society we have lost sight of our connection to the earth. We have the problem of living in a throw away culture and having little regard for the consequences of this lifestyle.The shaman symbolizes the connection to the earth that we all share and a more contemplative, conscious existence. The trash in the landfill symbolizes consumerism and our throw-away culture. Both symbolize something seemingly opposite and yet they are still very much connected. The fringe and shredded fabric of this coat could be said to symbolize how the ideas of the shaman are again rising into our consciousness, but this time through the trash. The patterns on the coat symbolize that more contemplative existence we all need and are once again seeking. The palm leaves symbolize this reconnection to the earth.
Details & Dimensions
Photography:Digital on Other
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:24 W x 18 H x 1 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:No
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United States
My work addresses the implications of cultural appropriation in relationship to the effect of colonialism on individualized culture. I explore the issue of reverse appropriation within the context of contemporary society. I begin to express these concepts through material application and within the process itself. I assign traits of a non specific indigenous culture to portraits of individuals from the 1920s to mimic the process of taking a valuable aspect of a subservient culture and re-appropriating it within a dominate culture, without consideration of its origin or meaning. The images are created from contact prints that were made using found glass plate negatives. In order to make the prints appear to be more authentic to the time period I applied the attributes of the individualized culture through the process of hand drawing them on acetate and then laying them on top of the negative before exposure, to show how things potentially could have appeared if reverse appropriation had occurred much earlier in history.
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