I originally wanted
to incorporate a fourth panel which would have been a photo of her
capture, a sailor. The poem would also be assumed to have been written
by him, but because I wasn't able to add that element to this series, I
think even without it the three images still hold on their own. I think
the images allow the piece to have a little more mystery and when
looking upon it, it could be assumed that the viewer is the capture or
that perhaps these images and chicken scratch thoughts are just close
knit treasures hidden in the capture's journal ; just blown up, making
it more real, and making the viewer perhaps a little uneasy. That what
they are seeing, they weren't meant to see. That it was a secret.
I
suppose I could also say, I'm displaying it in such a way that may be
close to what a freak show at a circus would be like, uplifting the
curtain to show the viewer something that they are curious about and
can't believe is real, it's in your face and it's blunt and you can't
look away.
The
poem it self is quite simple, basically saying how could this creature
who appears to be helpless and so beautiful be something that is the
opposite; Unknown and very scary. I wanted there to be a magical yet
restless quality about this series as well as wanting to develop and
create a story. I wanted to make the impossible, possible. dream a
little, exaggerate even more with this concept of mermaids.
As
I had stated before, I wanted the mermaid to appear as though she is
luring the viewer closer which goes along with the history of their
seductiveness. Even though the tables have turned and she is the one
captured and in an unknown environment she still holds that mysterious
and scary quality.
I
printed all three images (8.5 x 11) on transparency paper to go along
with the whole concept that she is from the sea, the transparency has
that see through, watery appearance. Also, to go back on how her capture
could see through her tricks in attempt to capture her. I also didn't
want to show images of her as a whole, because she isn't. She is
"chopped up" and in an environment not of her understanding, she is
skewed, along with her tail that seems to be disappearing, or that she is getting weaker.
I ultimately wanted these to be framed and hung on the wall.
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