AESTHETIC EMOTIONS

1500 B&W 2cm circular negatives on a Lightbox in the middle of the room accompanied with a wallpaper display of enlarged B&W 35mm film scans with the missing circles

Negatives are created in a way that there’s only one original and to make duplicates they need to be either printed or scanned digitally. Traditionally there’s only one physical copy, so to destroy that copy means you can’t use it again, so to modernise the negative, to me meant to cut it into a circle. The circle became this point of view and glimpse into something  intriguing, which personally has triggered an emotion or thought which can then be explored visually in this small element of the frame. I have cut out elements of emotions personal to me but, due to the mundane characteristics of the visuals, the public can then search for something they will respond to, that will be revealed to them upon viewing it. To produce this I have spent time on walks with my analogue camera, taking photographs of with B&W 35mm film of anything, an item, landscape, or detail that causes any kind of thoughts or emotions: this has allowed me to understand myself further and to acknowledge my emotions when they happen.

Society is developing allowing people to be more comfortable in exploring their emotion, to be able to feel safe and to know they are being understood and that the subject of emotions is not taboo . The work is a visual opening to this conversation, as the photographs will cause a response, an emotion, a memory, a daydream Whether it’s logical or not, positive, or negative, we all have these thoughts and should feel comfortable to share them.