I wanted to focus on something we all do but may or may not acknowledge. Deep in our mind we all develop mental shortcuts that allow us to stream through the overwhelming amount of information in our everyday life. I'm getting to the idea of judgments we pass on people we do not know based on appearance. We are taught not to do it but it still happens. We all make split second decisions about people based on observation the moment we see them for the first time. I wanted to take advantage of that and show many versions of myself and play on that idea.
I decided to focus just on the clothing and kept my face and background context out of the series entirely. I feel it is easier and faster to pass a judgment about someone when their face is obscured. This forces the viewer to base everything solely on appearance rather than any definable facial expressions.
Each image is a picture itself but for the idea to be most effective I needed to lump them all together into one large picture. My ideas changed little from the start but I found myself running out of unique outfits. It made me feel more to blame because I only have a few different personas to display through my outfits so harsh judgments are partially my fault in the first place.
At first glance, I thought this was of multiple people, but I eventually realized some of the outfits were the same and most had a beared at the top.
ReplyDeleteThis is an interesting exploration of the items in your closet, and how those materials items may help build an impression of your personality.
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