Summary of ideas

My first idea in the beginning was looking at a natural element based project.

I want to look at life cycles, decomposition, rebirth, destruction, cruelty of nature, beauty of the death in nature and so on.

But somehow link the isolation and kind of despairing aspect of how the natural world isolates you - hence why we live in built-up cities etc

The life cycles in nature also refer to our own life and its cycle.

I shall explore these concepts using photography - I want to capture natural elements, the close-up (often hidden) parts of nature's cycle. Expose, reveal and emphaise certain parts of that life cycle e.g. reproduction/rebirth, destruction vs decomposition, the beauty of death in nature and the cruelty of instincts etc.
I will represent these themes and portray the concepts using mix media with my photography and also series of sketches. I want to distort, morph, highlight, exaggerate and enhance. I will using editing techniques but I am more interesting in creating distortions on the photographs themselves using a range of materials: paint, textures, additional materials/attachments, collages, water-damaging the pieces, burning sections, fine-liners, glass paint, ink etc etc

I want to extend my photography collections into 3D pieces and create installations and maybe even small sculptures. I want to represent the themes of my project rather than just literally display blatant images depicting scenes of nature. I am interesting in using materials and effects that give the impression of something, e.g. texture or represent a object or feeling, without actually using the material itself. An example would be that if I wanted to portray a foliage piece then I do not want to use anything from a tree/plant itself, I want to create textures, colours and markings that would represent it or give the impression of it. Of course the distortion I want to use will change the impression of the pieces but with good representation of the themes then the piece can connect with the audience.

That is also a main focus - connecting with the audience. I want my work to be something that can be experienced, something that can confuse and create impressions on the people viewing my work. I shall do this through installation development - create a space that can be interacted with.