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Independent Project 2020

These images are a part of a project I’ve been developing since the beginning of quarantine. Using portraiture as a framework, the goal is to cultivate an aesthetic that pays homage to the interplay between analog and digital mediums.

The physical is messy, improvisational, and subject to the whims of peoples’ moods. Each drawing unfolds quickly and records an imprint of my particular headspace at the time it was made. Mania translates into quick lines, jagged bursts, and contradictory layers. Clarity translates into patient pen fills, cohesive coloring, and balanced proportions. All of these physical artifacts pervert when they pass through the digital.

Our digital identities are more cautious; we plan them ahead of time, prune out inconsistencies, and readjust images to fit the narratives of new contexts. The digital asks us to become curators of our own existence.

Each product works in a similar register to Cindy Sherman’s Untitled Film Stills. They’re nameless representations of stories never played out, open to any number of interpretations by ‘the other’.