The subject
of my image is me and my clothes. It is the idea of that clothes bring up the
topic of identity and what you wear says a lot about who you are. Being who I am
I do not necessarily believe of clothing with identity, because honestly what
does that mean? My image is made up of 8 selfie works. I used glitter, yarn, photography
and stickers to convey the content of my image. There were so many items that I
put on to my final, because I felt they had an important message for my
project. Nothing that was put into my project without reason. The stickers with
smiley faces on them represent my need to stay happy and smiley even when
someone insults what I am wearing. The pictures show some of the outfits I used
when I was not conscious enough to pick an outfit. This means that I chose when
to take a picture based on how much effort I put to dress myself in the morning.
I choose the glitter, because I love glitter. It is a huge part of me and what I
wear. I have so many pair of shoes and clothes that have glitter on them. They
are also the main thing that people like to point out. Finally, the yarn represents
my clothing and the feeling of looking down or up. The whole process took me a
long time, and a lot of changing to get it right. There were many things added
and then removed because it did not fit the message I was trying to convey.
I would categorize
my work into several categories, and one of them being digital photography. I
used my camera in all of my selfie pictures. I also used a bit of collage when I
removed my own head and added glittery smiley stickers as a replacement. The yarn
was set up in a way to give the illusion of the top of the bridge or maybe
being bellow the bridge. There were three artists that influenced my work. The
first and main artist that really inspired my work was Sophie Calle. Her continent
need to detail her life and other people’s lives inspired me. I wanted to see
what it was like to document at least a piece of my life. The second artist
that inspired me was again Hannah Hoch. Her works of combining different body
pieces was something I still wanted to incorporate into my project, hence the
smiley stickers. The last artist that inspired me was my friend Rabeb. This was
someone who I ran most of my ideas by and helped me create the final piece.
My image
conveys the message of what we wear and what does it mean about us. It is
supposed to document different outfits where I was not really feeling myself,
and how they appear to other people. Do they like it? Does it matter? I really
wanted to just open the floor to a discussion about the OOTD. My first selfie
was definitely just something I took a minute ago. I did not have to think
about it much. All I did was add a simple dog filter and that was it. My last
selfie was definitely something I thought about more. I was paying attention to
every little detail, and making sure everything in my selfie was related to the
point I was trying to cover. The filter, the clothes, and the background. Different
artists are what really changed my selfies. I look at these accomplished artists
and everything they do is with purpose. I figured that I should follow in that
path as well.
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