Small Scale Fabricated Photography, Toy Photography History, Art Creation Musings
In 1981, the Monroe Institute released The Gateway Experience, leveraging Hemi-Sync audio technology to synchronize brain hemispheres and enhance consciousness. Tourmaline .'s experimentation faced modern challenges in accessing original recordings and maintaining focus amidst technological distractions. Balancing artistic intuition with scientific rigor, they pursued genuine exploration of these psychic methodologies.
The passage evokes a serene vision of Heaven inspired by Robert Monroe's words, depicting individuals relaxing on soft clouds bathed in shifting light. Tourmaline . uses simple materials to build this otherworldly landscape, carefully crafting clouds and arranging HO scale figures, capturing the essence of balance and belonging through photography.
Persephone, the Greek goddess of spring and Queen of the Underworld, embodies duality through her abduction by Hades, leading to seasonal cycles. A custom doll inspired an evocative visual series, "Persephone’s Plot," merging themes of agency and subconscious exploration. The artwork captures her depths through unique materials and photography techniques.
In 1977, the reader becomes engrossed in Robert Monroe’s "Journeys Out of the Body," exploring its complex concepts of existence and dreams. Despite initial confusion, they experiment with Monroe's techniques to achieve out-of-body experiences. After several attempts, they discover methods to provoke vivid dreams and heightened awareness, navigating the nuances of consciousness.
The Bureau of Surrealist Research, co-founded by André Breton in 1924, aimed to collect raw dream narratives and thoughts to inform Surrealist art. Modern creators can experiment with Breton’s technique of automatic writing to access subconscious creativity, transforming unedited text into physical art, fostering a continuous creative routine.
How does context change the way we interpret a photograph of the body? From medical and crime-scene photography to fine art, erotic imagery, dolls, and abstraction, this post traces the shifting meanings we assign to bodies, and what happens when those categories begin to collapse.
There is something sacred about working in inches when miles feel impossible. Following a nomination for the Wynn Newhouse Awards, I considered what it means to build small worlds with multiple sclerosis, and to be seen within them.
Images of a wooden articulated hand. Images of body awareness.