Arsenic Visuals: Dreamscape


"The subjects of my screenplays and the subjects of my photography don't often intersect as much as I thought they would.... but this time however, I found a rare crossroads between the two, which came in the form of interaction with one's own subconscious explored thematically throughout the narrative.


PART 1:


This came about after reflecting on many of the scripts I'd written in the past, trying to find unintentional common themes between them as a way of better understanding my own narrative voice.  What I found was that just about everything I'd written was some form of introspective personal drama, with elements of the inner-consciousness of characters manifesting as physical elements of the story in some way.. So the next logical phase was to embrace it and find a way to bring it into my photography as well.  "How?" you might ask.  

Well, with traditional lingerie blended with personal introspection of course.


PART 2


 So what did we come up with?  

Two distinct narratives being explored via two distinct types of film.  The first narrative is told in Colour, and follows the story of a young woman who returns to her hotel room and enters into a hyper-realistic lucid dream.  The second narrative is told in Black & White, and is the dream itself, where the character's thoughts and emotions begin to take on a physical form as she explores the depths of her fantasy...."


PART 3