Darren Rigo

Is he a heavy influence on our BFA program? Isn't it weird how all these works are similar to what some of us have done?! (I just picked these out of a few series of his)

If I were to curate a show…

Witkin, Arbus, and Mapplethorpe.

I am writing a paper for my curatorial practices class and we are to pick any artists with any budget and plan a show. So fun!

Here are some for the final series..

The title is 'Our Sects' and it is still stemming from the idea of sin from a surveillance perspective. Opinions? I am peppering in the empty spaces because they are so charged with emotion and loaded with expectations. Like Kyle said 'the empty spaces are psychological' so hopefully that is what is read from them.

Olafur Eliasson

'Take Your Time' is a evolving body of work that travels globally. These environments that he creates are visually stimulating and the massive size creates this a sensory experience that just consumes the viewer. His concept (or maybe starting point) is to recreate the the landscape/atmosphere of Iceland. Showing at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney in December- check it out! ha

Progress...

I have spent the past five days shooting and am thankful to have resolved some major issues. I have two to reshoot today, but other than that I think the others work. In the wrap up stages, I have been thinking a lot about my process and why it is so difficult. I feel that I tend to pick issues that I do not completely understand and thus, curious about. So I spend so much time thinking and writing in desperate attempts to understand this huge issue in a semester. I think this is a huge problem because if I do not understand a particular issue, it makes it impossible for me to visually explain it. I can barely explain my thoughts through writing and the way my feelings towards certain issues evolve so often is too much material for one single project. So I have decided that going forward I am going to be working through series on issues I have a better understanding of AND I have already started brainstorming for next semester because I am so annoyed with myself.

Recent Work..

I have been really at a stand still with my project. I feel like every time I go in to reshoot, I end up shooting basically the same thing. I have been writing a lot about it, but I decided I should just shoot and not care or think about anything to maybe perpetuate some creativity. Here is one image and it sparked some great ideas for the next project I will be working on :D Very excited about that, but still freaking out about this project. I am MAKING myself see this through until the end. I cannot abandon another project.

Jacob Ring

21 year old Brisbane-based photographer. Really enjoy the spontaneity and double exposures. The images just seem to have a raw passion about them.