“Continually re-experiencing life from a fresh vantage point is part of being truly alive…. What is out there is shaped by how we view it.” – Ellen Langer (professor of psychology at Harvard)
“Not understanding is essential to discovery.” – Arthur Zajonc (professor of physics at Amherst)
I wrestle with the ability of a photograph to elicit a shift in perspective. A photograph can make the familiar unknown. Color continually shapes our experience; with vibrant color, moments in the world otherwise left unseen are brought to the forefront of our mind and imagination. I use this power of color to make something seemingly familiar to us unknown, and out of this ignorance I hope the viewer will make discoveries and re-experience life. The addition of color to the body does not inherently transform the familiar body. But if looking at the body through color can bring out the discovery of new forms, then a very real transformation has occurred.
Check out “On A Highway” by Animal Collective. Go read Ovid’s Metamorphoses.
