L’Appel Du Vide
This project is a direct association to the same topic I explored in dissertation format for 4th year. My thesis explored how visual gore functions through its depictions in modern media such as television and movies, asking the question of, is there a difference between these portrayals? Is the gore romanticised, glamourised, glorified or sexualised? If there is a variance between these, what exactly is it that separates these descriptors from one another?
After focusing on this theme in written form, I aimed to visually depict through my own making my interpretation of the topic. Resulting in a collection of 4 mini square canvases and one larger scale A3 canvas, I used earlier developmental monoprint work, layering these images with mesh material, fake blood and ink.
Utilising the viewers reaction as a means of furthering the commentary, do you look at this work and feel disgusted, scared or grossed out? or can some sense of beauty be seen?
