Wednesday, September 11, 2013

traffic: a photo montage by esteban arturo





In my work, wether it is photography or video, I seek to arouse an emotion or feeling within the audience. It seems that a lot of art today has forgotten to do much of this, and relies more deeply in the "meaning" or "allusion" behind the work. Because of this, in TRAFFIC, I use sounds and momentum carried through each image to convey an environment, a situation, and a result.
   Exposition
            Climax
      Conclusion

Being the piece of the season, I wanted TRAFFIC to have some sort of representation of where I stand today. I was looking to create work that would depict relationships and the crash within it. The video itself starts of with some intensity created by the lighting and the sound behind the each image, but in an impromptu moment is interrupted by friction between the subjects. The audience feels the friction as the cuts between the images pick up speed, and the tempo of the actual montage heightens. The crash comes to a conclusion, the relationship is back to normal. The audience is looped back. It is once again the beginning. The traffic picks up again.

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