Jelle Koiter
Formaldehyde
I’ve become a victim of the work- and relax life cycle. I used to be adventurous, wanting to feel and experience different emotions. Now I’ve come in contact with myself, my personal shadow. I need to trigger my fear again in order to re-experience those feelings I haven’t felt in a long time.
Photography is an excuse to go on adventures and seek for thrills. In this project I used the act of photography as a guide to get myself to feel uncomfortable emotions again as an attempt to experience more. By researching into people’s fears and dissecting techniques used in horror movies I have created a collection of familiar images that tap into the general fears of the audience. My photography opens a door to my abstract personal shadow that floats in between the documentary and fiction practice. I enlarge my images out of proportion to let my audience experience the impact and surrealism.
Do you dare to go out at night alone?
Shop in the name of love
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Love is everything.
We all crave a human connection which makes us happy. Can’t we simply buy some love in the city? By walking through Cologne I found that love is continuously used for advertising. It’s screaming in my face: if I spend my money I will get love in return. To me this is not the truth, love should be free, a shared effort.
In this project I want to confront that love is too often being used to push sales. By screaming back I wish to create a realization that love is fundamentally human and can never be for sale.
Contact:
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