Looking at various examples of street art and signage systems I have once again come back to the French artist JR.
His TED prize speech is a must to watch (re-posting again)
I wanted to turn my language 2 project into a photography project and I believe that this type of photography is the best signage system in terms of telling the story - and photography is about stories being told. JR's latest project 'the wrinkles of the city' (JR's website)
A few images:
I like that JR is using images of old people, this way reminding of how much history each city contains. Cities like people's faces with all the wrinkles and signs of the time passing.
For my project, therefore, I also wanted to focus on portraits, yet instead of posting it out in the public, I want to focus more on the inside of each person, to explore the freedom within the individual linking it to the topic of the social groups - what makes an individual want to belong to any of those groups at first place. I'd like to also focus my research on the philosophy, sociology and maybe psychology, to create more conceptual images but with an idea behind.
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