honorable mention
Mauro Serra italy
title
The essential accessory
"The Essential accessory" is a reflection that emerged from recent current events, including pandemics, war, and emergency management, which have made a dystopian and unimaginable future something likely. But above all, it is a reflection that arose from people's reactions to such events.
This is why my photographic research shows reality by transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary, the disgusting into glittering. What we have in front of our eyes every day, which we often ignore, becomes accessible and attractive thanks to a pop aesthetic and saturated colors. The aim is to catch the eye, charm it, seduce it, and then leave it in an uncomfortable position that instigates the observer to reflect, both on relevant social issues and on the hidden beauty of everyday objects
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entry description
The essential accessory is a triptych that imagines a dystopian reality in which people have stopped using the brain for the highest cognitive functions, it is now shrunk and almost atrophied, but above all, it is relegated to the satisfaction of mere primary needs such as nourishment, oxygenation, and sex. These needs are administered directly through the physical surface of the brain since it is no longer used to think, in fact, it no longer has a reason to remain in the skull."The Essential accessory" is a reflection that emerged from recent current events, including pandemics, war, and emergency management, which have made a dystopian and unimaginable future something likely. But above all, it is a reflection that arose from people's reactions to such events.
about the photographer
I am a fine-art photographer and I am a former neuroscientist. The interest in cognitive function emerges in my photography and led me to think about the concept of reality, especially about how it is interpreted and perceived in a different way by each of us. My personal and artistic path also led me to reflect on the low level of awareness we have about what surrounds us and our own life.This is why my photographic research shows reality by transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary, the disgusting into glittering. What we have in front of our eyes every day, which we often ignore, becomes accessible and attractive thanks to a pop aesthetic and saturated colors. The aim is to catch the eye, charm it, seduce it, and then leave it in an uncomfortable position that instigates the observer to reflect, both on relevant social issues and on the hidden beauty of everyday objects
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