photo project idea
I find the concept and manifestation of scale fascinating. Anish Kapoor’s sculpture is arresting because of the way it overwhelms the spaces it occupies. Similarly, Edward Burtynsky’s photography is affective because of the way it elides or sharply emphasizes scale; the immensity of his canvases, and the concomitant immensity of his subjects, envelope the viewer in his images.
With these ideas in mind, I want to create a print series which will envelop and overwhelm the viewer. I imagine multiple canvases, around two and a half by six feet each, featuring extreme closeups of firearms. I want to overawe the viewer with symbols of aggression, and I want every little detail, down to serial numbers engraved on slides and bits of grit in handgrips, to be available for absorption.
To put it bluntly, such a project won’t be cheap. Edmonton people, if you know any galleries who would be interested in this kind of work, do put me in contact.
I don’t know why this idea came to me, but it feels right, in the way that some things just do.
