When I was taking my first pictures for this project, I could already envision viewer's reaction and had a general idea about the kinds of (possible) questions I might be facing:
– Such a lovely landscapes! Where was it taken?
Which is why I tried to influence and change viewer's behavior:
"Please Clarify" – is an experiment with a synthesis of analog and digital photography as a real, actual reflection of existence as well as artificially created reality. The important part is that the virtual segment of scenes is created based on the actual physical and environmental parameters.
Furthermore, the purpose of the project and, in particular, of each image is to change the context and viewer's perception of what is happening, provoking and encouraging different reaction, raising different questions:
- Why?
-What’s going on and what kind of manipulation is it?
The scenes, filled with objects of inappropriate content and application are meant to create confusion and cause genuine, piercing sensation, usually experienced by a person after an illusionist's trick. To cite Comte de Lautréamont: “As beautiful as the chance encounter of a sewing machine and an umbrella on an operating table.”
