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Thursday | February 26, 2009 | 9:02 am

+MAADM [Site&Motion]_[PHOTOGRAPHIC PROJECT]

This short project was led by Mr. Dirk Lellau who I thank for his orientation and additional time spent during the seminar guiding me through the project. Also I must thank Dirk for arranging a group of high profile photographers and critics including Helen Binet, one of the most passionate and inspiring photographers to come and share their thoughts on our project. The seminar aimed at the exploration of the photographic image in relation to the representation and creation of space. The brief required to focus on ‘weather’ as a personal definition within an urban realm restricted to the boundaries of our University campus. I took the opportunity of the seminar to make a statement in regards the relation of the nature of the photograph to my personal experience and understanding of the space. My project, “Negative Aura” is a statement of how weather can have psychological influence on the individual. Portraying my perception of weather (Trapped in a melancholic state) I searched for how moments of negativity manifested itself on our surfaces and how a moment of happiness represented by light as a metaphor can change our perception of space. Below is an explanation which can best describe my perception of weather in relation to the chosen photographs I exhibited as a result of the seminar.

Thursday | February 26, 2009 | 8:49 am

PHOTOGRAPHIC PROJECT Site and Motion DM_03 Development

+MAADM [Site&Motion]_[Negative Aura]

Negative Aura

Childhood memories of growing up under warm rays of light, a cool breeze at night caresses palm trees abundant in foliage composing theatrical leaf movements brushing against each other serenading the night. This is no more, air is space. Twisted moiré skies rule the atmosphere accompanied by ephemeral states of negativity from desperation to depression generating negative aura infesting the air and manifesting itself by scratching on our very surfaces. Grey skies, no warmth, trapped in a melancholic state as if a vortex of negativity is about to consume me I search for a diminutive ray of light to shine upon me, to save me. Incarcerated by negative aura, I want to get out.

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Thursday | February 26, 2009 | 8:42 am

PHOTOGRAPHIC PROJECT