Project 1A: Literal-ization

Aaaand up and onto the bandwagon of adding -ization behind words.

For our first 4D Project, we were tasked to create images with the use of addition, subtraction, substitution, and superimposing. I was a little confused at first because of how these four methods seem to overlap, but here is what I managed to come up with!

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Addition – When I first thought of the concept of ‘addition’, I thought it could be ‘adding something where it isn’t supposed to be’. A bare hand in the middle of a crowded bush, that’s not something you see every day! It signifies how men appeared in nature out of no where, soiled their hands and plucked plants out with all our urbanization. Are human beings supposed to be here?
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Subtraction – Double subtraction – subtracting the other parts of the animal to emphasise on the focal point, and a literal subtraction of the fur. There is a story behind every picture, and doesn’t it make you wonder why / what?

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Substitution – Substituting regular sun glasses with rose-tinted ones for the phrase, ‘seeing the world through rose tinted glasses’. It also prompted a series of the next few images, which involved idioms and body parts.
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Addition / Super impose – A literal image illustrating ‘I’m all ears’.


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Superimpose – A literal image illustrating ‘My lips are sealed’.

For the series of images, the body parts / idioms chosen are tied to the phrases, see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil. 

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Superimpose – Something fun, combining my love for the superhero world and reality, complete opposites. Will this ever come true? Will they blend well together? And how will people react?

 

 

To me, it seems like the way I executed this project was of rather stark contrast to how others did it. I’ve found out that the way I tackled it was a lot more literal, as compared to the majority of deep and abstract pieces my classmates presented. Perhaps it is a ‘style’ that I’ve come to realise, but for future projects, I would like to explore more abstract possibilities as creating abstract art has always been a challenge to me.

Another thing I realised was, as like my personality, the explanation to my pieces are a lot more open-ended, hoping to trigger questions instead of having a ‘final message’ behind images. Perhaps this is because of the myriad of life and philosophical questions I seem to have, and my belief of how things can be interpreted differently (aha, semiotics?).

This project consisted of a lot of self-discovery for me, surprisingly, especially in terms of style. It was fun to make after getting through the confusion (of the various terms)!