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artist lecture was awesome!!!

I found some of the language she used to describe her work immediately interesting. In her process she talks about using fragments of other images to create a desired whole. I've been thinking about my project and the function of the photographs i'm taking as more relating to consumerism and the inherent violence of capitalism lately so the lecture she provided us really helped to move those thoughts forward.

Another phrase she used that i really latched onto was the"purgatory of consumerism" she used to refer to a series of works that are all slightly out of focus. she used the phrase in relation to the way consumerism places our consciousness in a frame of reference to objects and obscures our ability to see the whole picture clearly. Perhaps my photos can begin to function as a solution by placing the relationship we have with capital and consumerism in a clear image using the language of capitalism and fashion to deliver the content.

My favorite part of the lecture was when she went into detail about the series of mirrors. As part of her discussion of them she mentioned the idea that in the advertisements when looking at the mirrors the viewer becomes erased and replaced by objects for sale that appear in the viewers position within the environment.