Deconstructions

The constructed reality of the family, through the constructed reality of photography: In attempt to deconstruct my past, and reconstruct it, I resist the framework of patriarchy. The frame, synonymous with restriction, is rebelled from & dissected.

The constructed reality of the family, through the constructed reality of photography:

In search of lost parts of my childhood I try to think outside the reality I was socialised into, and dissect the relationship with my estranged father. In therapeutic attempt to deconstruct the past, and reconstruct it, I resist the framework of patriarchy, and rebel from the confines of the frame. The frame is synonymous with my feelings of restriction within societal expectations surrounding my gender and sexuality. The dazzle a defence mechanism that speaks to my queer experience of learning to hide.

I voice my silenced queer history, work through my relationship with my father, and question the boundaries between my parents and I, child/adult, self/other, nature/culture, truth/lies in attempt to revive my unconditioned self, beyond the family bubble. Although easily assumed to be photoshopped or faked, upon closer inspection the images are realised to be more real than first expected. Involving my body in the present, bursting through photographic prints of the past, I look back to my younger self and attempt to re-capture childhood nature through my assuming adult eyes.