Duality
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Date
2017
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Lofgren, Lori L.
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My work contemplates the familiar, often domestic, spaces where we feel safe and protected. It is within these spaces that people allow themselves to be open and vulnerable. I am focusing on environments in which tragic events can, or have occurred, how these events can forever alter the way safe places are viewed, and the feelings that occur within them. My research focus includes the dualities that are connected to crimes and chilling events. Dualities emerge in the form of perspectives, emotions, and in relationships people encounter within places of vulnerability. Light and shadow within an environment can alter the emotional perspectives of these ostensibly safe places. Through a series of constructed models, I am presenting the conceivable moment before or after a disturbing event or crime has taken place. With careful attention to forensics and criminology, my work displays the aesthetic properties of the evidential aspect of photography. There are ten different constructed models, each of which represents a different scene. Five of the models are represented as large-scale photographs, and five of the models will be enclosed within a box with a small aperture to view the model.
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Miniature models, Photography, Crime scene, Sculpture, Light and shadow