Joanna Stanford Joannastanford@hotmail.co.uk
My practice explores that which is "other" in the social. "Other" as a form of perceived difference or alienation of the individual functioning within the nihilistic game that is our culture. "Other" as product of economics and social apparatus, as Hegel said, "like a play of masks and changeable surfaces - the constant dissolution and reconfiguration of identities with no anchor in a final self-presence". Observational, and at times confrontational, my practice investigates dislocations within the self and the social. Exploring the vertiginous, claustrophobic and fragile nature of the social to express the "otherness" of being. I use a variety of media to elaborate on my conceptual concerns. Photography is just one of the ways in which I reflect on a fragile culture.
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