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Ann texter ARTIST STATEMENT ser·en·dip·i·ty [ser-uhn-dip-i-tee] –noun
Serendipity is my favorite word as well as something I believe is present in our everyday lives. I feel it leads us from one point to the next, in an always surprising manner, moving us closer to our own personal destiny, or fate. I feel that I am being led down a serendipitous path in my photographic endeavors, with each twist and turn leading to a new discovery more exciting than the one before. In my photography I use multiple mediums and processes. I’ve found that I am very drawn towards the historic side of photography. It only seemed fitting, through my fascination with vintage things and my love for collecting, that I began to collect vintage photographs. I started to notice that certain images would capture my eye more than others. I would instantly envision the image taking on a different scene. It seemed more often than not these tiny epiphanies were something I wanted to try to actually record in some form of art. Through Photoshop manipulation I was able to create the images in my mind without altering the original photograph. It became a new and exciting way to express my inner most thoughts with another form of photography. It has opened up an enchanting and endless avenue for self expression. My series of photographic mixed media images are a combination of my artistic eye, my passion for photography and my love of the unexpected. I combine vintage photographs with other found images and my own photography into each piece. Each image itself is unique with its own delightfully unpredicted outcome. Even though an idea may seem absolute in my mind, I discovered that finding or creating the exact pieces I envision is not always possible, and through the process somehow they serendipitously seem to turn out as I meant them to. Although my mixed media images start from a personal idea or perspective, I love that they can be viewed by others, and perhaps stir their own memories, feelings and ideas. If someone is able to take away their own particular emotions from my work it is a huge sense of accomplishment for me. |
yaniv waissa SWAN SONG The project is about dealing with the global-urban reality. This reality is influenced by the cultural, urban and industrial development. This reality will affect the future existence of mankind. I create images that reflect this delicate reality, the distress and the fear of a world scale disaster that will eliminate mankind. Apocalyptic scenarios like global warming, that’s caused by mans’ constant exploitation of natural resources and will eventually lead to a total collapse of the eco system. Another scenario is a third world war or a nuclear disaster that are driven by hatred and a need to annihilate an entire culture, which will eventually lead to the extinction of mankind. The presented images were created regardless of a specific place; they are homeless as they are everywhere. I have no intention of guiding the viewer to see the images according to my perception. My only intention is to present the reality reflected through my eyes, with all of its’ silent furious prophecies. The viewer is then welcome to appropriate the images to their own private reality, and as it is in real life with the same images surrounding them, choose how to deal with them. The purpose of the project is not to educate the viewer or throw blames and harsh truths at him. In a reality where everything is available and immediate the thrill threshold has never been higher. There is a feeling that in order to create a response of any kind in the viewer one has to present images that are provocative, over the edge and impossible to interpret in any way but the one on the screen. I believe in the power of art and its’ possibility to lead to a change even without presenting grotesque in its’ simplified meaning, by activating an ancient emotion that became numb with the passing of time. The images appear to be simple but are loaded with content and use their abstract characteristics to stimulate that feeling within the viewer. Morbid and apocalyptic scenarios, as the ones mentioned above, will lead mankind to damnation. All that will be left in the end of this constant and destructive process is dust or a black hole. |
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