Assignment 4: Prototype 1

Published Friday, September 26, 2008 by Pei in  


the capitalist society

- Technique used: photo montage + bit of photogram via Photoshop layer alteration
4 photos were used i.e. water wheel with escalator background, mannequin x3

- Expression: The word 'urban' to me has a very strong capitalism notion to it. And to me capitalism is about how it feeds on consumerism to survive. Thus there are mannequins, consumers and escalators to represent consumerism, and the water wheel to represent capitalism. Surrealism to me is about distortion of images in a morbid fashion and involves the objectification of the body, thus emphasis has been placed on certain body parts of the mannequin.

- Self critique: After completing it, it seems rather complicated to me. Not really something I really wanted to express. And I felt that it is not morbid and surrealistic enough. So watch out for prototype 2! I shall attempt Bavari's style. And come up with new ideas! What else does urban phenomenon/fantasy mean to me?? ....

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