In terms of my presentation I admire Krista Svalbonas' execution of demonstrating her story and issues in her pieces. Her images are very abstract yet are easy to deconstruct and interpret different meanings behind them.
I want to reflect her work in the presentation of my work by keeping the focus on the subjects of my images and making the focal points stand out and clear for the audience.
Contextual - Krista Svalbonas
Krista's assembled photographs carry a heavy weight of personal and political meaning about immigration and the political influences that took away the meaning of a home for her family and herself, and replaced the idea of 'home' to be contingent due to their historical displacement.
Technical - The images have been cut and reassembled in sets of three, 'creating hybrid structures that reinterpret and reinvent architecture, disrupting space, light, and direction'. Svalbona’s 'Migrants' series began with photographs the artist took in the three locations she called home over the past eight years – the New York metro area, rural Pennsylvania, and Chicago. The use of three images creates a 'stability that acts as a counterweight to the sense of dislocation'.
Visual - The structures of her images almost replicate a triangle- the use of three sides lining up and becoming a whole image with a sense of continuity.
Conceptual - The use of three makes the abstract imagery wholesome and complete with each part integral for Krista's desired effect. The fact she uses three separate pieces to create a continuous image shows the longing for continuity in terms of a home life.
Contextual - Krista Svalbonas Krista's assembled photographs carry a heavy weight of personal and political meaning about immigration and the political influences that took away the meaning of a home for her family and herself, and replaced the idea of 'home' to be contingent due to their historical displacement. Technical - The images have been cut and reassembled in sets of three, 'creating hybrid structures that reinterpret and reinvent architecture, disrupting space, light, and direction'. Svalbona’s 'Migrants' series began with photographs the artist took in the three locations she called home over the past eight years – the New York metro area, rural Pennsylvania, and Chicago. The use of three images creates a 'stability that acts as a counterweight to the sense of dislocation'. Visual - The structures of her images almost replicate a triangle- the use of three sides lining up and becoming a whole image with a sense of continuity. Conceptual - The use of three makes the abstract imagery wholesome and complete with each part integral for Krista's desired effect. The fact she uses three separate pieces to create a continuous image shows the longing for continuity in terms of a home life.
