What is Reality?
Adobe Photoshop | SketchUp | Cannon R5
Is true objectivity possible, or do the diverse perspectives we hold shape what we consider "objective truth"? As various viewpoints align, do the realities we perceive collide or complement one another?
In this project, I explore the nature of objective truth and reality, examining how the angles we choose to observe from can influence our understanding of the world. Drawing inspiration from artists such as David Hockney, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Edward Weston, I created a series of still life photographs taken from different perspectives, which I then pieced together to create a sense of visual illusion.
Even with access to every possible angle of an object, can we truly claim to know objective truth? Does what we see truly represent the essence of the object itself? These are the questions I aim to explore through my work.
Each image in this series was carefully crafted and restructured based on my personal interpretation of the object. All the photographs underwent a post-production process, further shaping the final presentation. Through this process, I seek to challenge the idea that objectivity is static, suggesting instead that our individual perspectives shape and reshape the truths we perceive.
Moreover, I aim to recreate the settings the images were taken in within the exhibition. The space in which the images are presented contrasts sharply with the environment in which the photographs were originally taken. While the images were captured in a controlled, more chaotic setting, the exhibition space transforms them, offering a new context and shifting the way they are experienced. I want to invite the viewers to question how context influences perception by providing this disjunction between the space of the photographs and the exhibition setting.
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Here you can see the close up photos that were later collaged in the real-life exhibition
I took over 300 photos for this process to ensure that I got all the angles to show perspectives.
Later, the photos are collaged in real life piece by piece. Although the real life exhibition has been disassembled, here you can see a recreation what the end result looked like.
I used SketchUp here to model what the exhibition looked like:
Attached you can see the exhibition photos:
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