Ashleigh Spice, 'Self-Portrait as Constructed Duration'. Photography and collage, 2021
Self-Portrait as Constructed Duration by Ashleigh Spice
Photography and collage
Artist statement: 'Self-Portrait as Constructed Duration’ attempts to seek engagement with the human form. In contemporary environments, the majority of the human population do not take a minute to study other human behaviour at fractions per second. We glance over human activity socially around us before it moulds into another identity when crossed with a different social or environmental space. The aim is to observe, notice and discover its forms. It is the epitome of human behaviour; studying it photographically gives the audience a privileged experience of the moment’s existence.
The portrait dissects time to reveal a human’s growth and the relationship their past and present will have on future actions.
‘Self-Portrait as Constructed Duration’ encourages the analysis of the self through collage to emphasise photography’s inability to capture one’s character in a single frame. The project uses a cubist process to demonstrate a three-dimensional portrait fragmented via selective time. This energetic collage is a scattered puzzle unintended to fit together, demonstrating the human’s ability to adapt according to environmental and social influences.
The portrait induces a fusion of memory and observation, assembling a new ‘self’ that has been captured within three self-portraits. The amassed collage categorises subject matter and draws comparison between perspectives. The construction revaluates notions of time in an evolutionary process of material that awaits processing. ‘Self-Portrait as Constructed Duration’ is framed but also frameless; it explores a human’s endless possibilities to engage and mould itself with time.
Find out more about Ashleigh's work at AshleighSpice.com
Ashleigh Spice, 'Self-Portrait as Constructed Duration'. Photography and collage, 2021
Self-Portrait as Constructed Duration by Ashleigh Spice
Photography and collage
Artist statement: 'Self-Portrait as Constructed Duration’ attempts to seek engagement with the human form. In contemporary environments, the majority of the human population do not take a minute to study other human behaviour at fractions per second. We glance over human activity socially around us before it moulds into another identity when crossed with a different social or environmental space. The aim is to observe, notice and discover its forms. It is the epitome of human behaviour; studying it photographically gives the audience a privileged experience of the moment’s existence.
The portrait dissects time to reveal a human’s growth and the relationship their past and present will have on future actions.
‘Self-Portrait as Constructed Duration’ encourages the analysis of the self through collage to emphasise photography’s inability to capture one’s character in a single frame. The project uses a cubist process to demonstrate a three-dimensional portrait fragmented via selective time. This energetic collage is a scattered puzzle unintended to fit together, demonstrating the human’s ability to adapt according to environmental and social influences.
The portrait induces a fusion of memory and observation, assembling a new ‘self’ that has been captured within three self-portraits. The amassed collage categorises subject matter and draws comparison between perspectives. The construction revaluates notions of time in an evolutionary process of material that awaits processing. ‘Self-Portrait as Constructed Duration’ is framed but also frameless; it explores a human’s endless possibilities to engage and mould itself with time.
Find out more about Ashleigh's work at AshleighSpice.com
