The depth anatomy the triptych is hoping to create is ‘anxiety.’ The word ‘anxiety’ comes to mind when technology takes over civic participation, and the human role in society, and humans are in such a rush in their daily lives, forgetting the minor values and aesthetics of life. Today, human society only continues to lose its humanity and values, while humans’ jealousy and egotistic psychology ruin the value of nature and their surroundings.
Aaron Siskind’s abstract photography influenced me. Aaron Siskind used formal elements in art like monochrome, close-up, texture, lines, value, and abstract shapes to symbolize themes ranging from loneliness to regeneration. As the theme of my triptych is “anxiety,” I believe Aaron Siskind’s photograph’s loneliness and sense of decay symbolize how anxiety is thwarting the modernization of humans and causing worry about the future.
As the photographer, I believed the words fading and blandness reflected anxiety. Since technology only continues to take over civic participation and the human role in society, humans feel worried and hopeless. I showed this in my photographs by purposely taking close-up pictures to reflect the little imperfections of human life. The rough textures on the mural bring to mind many connections and form a contrast, creating tension and warning; the contrast creates isolation, forming loneliness and a sense of fading. The photographs have good focus, but the curvy lines and abstract shapes form abstractness and mystery of what is beyond the frame. The patterns formed by abstract shapes, like squares and circles, reflect humans. The monochrome colors, like black, grey, and white, form nostalgia and loss; I purposely used colors like black, grey, and white to grab attention to the small details of the pictures rather than overwhelming them with bright colors. I also added a juxtaposition between the words and the drawing on the mural, which Aaron Siskind’s photographs don’t have.
I hope the viewers understand how humans are depressed from trying to keep up with societal expectations and requirements and how social media causes anxiety in teenagers through manipulating disinformation.
Next time, I could have done better by making my triptych more diverse. My three photographs were all taken on the same mural to show the connection. Still, it was missing the multifaceted nature of art, meaning it was hard for the viewers to see the contrast and difference between the photographs. Also, I want to take abstract pictures of objects rather than murals. In 798, most of the arts were in the form of a mural. It would be fun to photograph objects because they have distinct shapes, and based on the angle, we can change the value of the objects. Not only that, it can also be closed-up and cropped, meaning it can have formal elements of art like texture, pattern, contrast, and colors.
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