Introduced species series 2-7

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Artist statement: 

 

We observe, interact and access information; so much of what we feel and the way we act is derived from the microenvironment. We are forever looking at the relationship between things and ourselves.

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The patterns that we generate through observation are determined not only by our experience but by how we use that experience to inform our person theories.

 In creating a photographic discourse with contemporary issues that are prevalent in our society I endeavour to provide questioning that delves beyond the surface of the image.  Roland Barthes once wrote “ a photograph is always invisible: It is not it that we see”[1] Metaphors have been engaged to steer the viewer below traditional visual notions to provide a private space in which an inner intimacy is present and past.

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The transcendence of time is not only represented by the layers of capsulated time over extended periods but also the consumables that wither and disappear. Both of which are not necessary visible on initial viewing but encourage closer observation.

Traditional photographic practices have been employed to produce large-scale colour and black and white photographs. The process of using a plastic toy like camera is a major component under pinning my conceptual concerns.

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The temporal conventions employed address key concerns with the modification of the environment as a result of society’s compulsion to consume and accumulate material possessions.

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In memorialising these moments I wish to a  provide a questioning for interpretation on our mortality and the responsibility each of us have to new generations, as in reality we are caretakers of the macrocosm for only a fleeting moment.

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 Jennifer Dickens 2008