Another Semester, Another Review- 150 word statement

First review is tomorrow, and I should most likely be in bed sleeping than staring at the same screen I've been staring at for the past 14 hours. 

Anyway... For this one we have to present a 150 word statement that support the conceptual basis of the work and a visual interrogation of  two images (given verbally). 

Here is my crack at a 150 word statement to my somewhat creative chaos. (Not counting title, a work in progress or signature. I claim those for free.)

'DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE'

With ‘Down The Rabbit Hole’ I explore the imaginary and artifice in photography. I am interested in how we use fantasy to comprehend experience and emotions: the lost dreams we cling to, our hopes, fears and desires.

While the imaginary and subconscious offers us an escape from ‘the Real’, it also presents another understanding of it. Fantasy knows no boundaries, it offers a space to render experience in another manner than within the restrictions of realism, and can fulfil any secret desire, or horrific nightmare. These photographs are eerie introspective dreamscapes, drawing inspiration from fairytales and cinema, presented as staged tableaux.

I am also interested in using digital photography as a portal to my imagination, to a place where everything is as real as I want it to be. As a result my images become constructed tales that can only continue to exist through photographs.

A work in progress

Dida, August 2008