Sagamie 50, St-Joseph, C.P. 93 G8B 5V6 Alma Canada
My process deals with and of and about society, community and the individual and the sense of the fragmentary, ambiguous and the uncertain nature of living. I am interested in notions of representation and identity by exploring ideas that are constructed around a re-examination and reconsideration of traditional portraiture and masquerade. I construct bizarre intersections of reality and situation in which pop culture's interlocking clichés are amplified.
This particular image is from documentation of a performance in Park Mont-Royal last winter produced from research gathered from the internet that embodies an aspect of modern-day story telling and the impact of mass media in popular culture. I take up the camera as a tool in pursuit of a diverse range of artistic experiments that intersect with the realms of digital photography, video, and performance.
Through often purposefully illogical, uncommon or even anti-social in behavior and in action, performance can reveal how ideas of social morality are maintained. My work is driven by preoccupations concerning the way in which meaning is constructed and transmitted though language and the way in which we interact and define our relationships with one another and with the world beyond the perimeters of our own bodies.I extend these concerns further by questioning the distinction between individual and collective freedoms, and moral and sensual values today.
More information can be found at her website:http://www.julianaespanakeller.com 