Illusions of Self
Illusions of Self explores the ways in which we come to inhabit everyday spaces, objects and minds. This main series draws together images of the rooms and possessions of my mother’s home after her death, their gradual deterioration and disappearance. I used my camera and image-making to reflect on the presence embedded within its untouched domesticity.
There are two accompanying variations displayed below that use photomontages and still life to explore the multiple ways of experiencing and understanding the inhabited objects and places in our lives.
Illusions of Self
Photomontage
The series Illusions of Self explores the ways in which we come to inhabit everyday spaces, objects and minds.
These layered photomontages are a variation on the main series. They reflect on the ways in which traces of the seen, unseen and hidden can come to inhabit us, coalescing in momentary and persistent fusions, melancholic speculations and darker agitations.
Illusions of Self
Still Life
These still life images are a further variation on the main series. Inspired by the allegorical representations in vanitas paintings, the images use objects I found in my mother’s home to reflect on the ways in which the meanings and habitation of objects can evoke the emotional intricacies and personal complexities of relational ties.
