Elizaveta Marinokha
Alexis Martino
Integrated Media
Artist statement
11.15.13.
Behavior Lacking Balance
Being a
good person doesn’t mean not having bad characteristics or being perfect.
According to modern society, people see themselves as ordinary figures who look
around with jealous eyes and try to find a prettier version of how they should
look. The only reason I talk about it is because I consider myself a good
person, but I don’t include being perfect in this regard. My philosophy is that
everyone makes decisions, which are not often conscientious, and I do too. Every
person considers his or herself to have a dark (demonic) and light (angelic)
side. My self-portrait shows how people
are beautiful, but they don’t show it. For me, skipping this impossible search
for unattainable perfection is the most pleasurable part of being me. We only
have one life and I don’t think having a good personality comes from being
perfect. I think others need to consider both sides of behavior equally to
successfully exist as individuals.
My
picture was made on an iPhone 5 camera. I used black eye marker and red lip
stick to express the devil part of my face. Make up wasn’t used on the other
part of the face. It presents the angel’s clear and refined soul. The picture
was inverted in Camera Raw Photoshop and printed on special paper. After the
image was processed in the darkroom and the processing time was 15 seconds for
the right part of my face (the bright, angel part) and 20 seconds to make the
color darker (the demon part) for the other.
My
philosophy, characteristics and ideas were expressed in my self-portrait. It shows
the difference between two sides of people`s souls. My face is a visual metaphor
that shows the diversity of my mind and personality.
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