New Decay

As Ashley said, we are no longer collaborating due to technical and practical issues... sooo you know me, when I'm faced with a new project, I basically just mold the common themes in my work to fit the assignment. The only issue I'm running into is that when looking at my images, you won't be able to connect my project to decay - and that's probably a big deal. The ways I see in my head, to make them reference decay, take away the visual qualities that I'm looking for.

I wanna take a look at decay that is self-imposed... as in actions we take upon ourselves to alter our bodies as an attempt to control change. This is examining the human instinct to improve, to alleviative, to find balance. Obviously, I look to my own actions as a reference. Something I've always been interested in is the act of scratching oneself. Scratching is such a simple instinctual gesture, that given a degree of intensity and frequency can end up being hysteric and harmful.

These photos are not the ones I want to use, but they are mocks of how I want to set them up. I'm not sure if I wanna transpose them on top of one another to create a sort of in-motion scratching or if I wanna keep them apart. Also, I'm unsure about the temperature - whether it should stay at this hue/saturation. The choice to shoot my legs in the bathtub is merely to reinforce the intimacy, privacy, and personal choice of the action. Sometimes I also see water as a suspension of time.

Hopefully this somewhat makes sense... or maybe I can better explain it in class.