Language of the image
Appealing Unattractive
Appealing Unattractive
What makes the unappealing, appealing? Why do we feel drawn and attracted towards certain images, that display scenes that we find rather repelling?
The Appealing Unattractive is an image, form and colour research in which I evaluate and define what elements we find attractive, and which drive us off.
I seek the boundary between the attractive and unattractive,how they interact with one another and where they find their balance.
My research is documented and published, with thanks to CANON and Lecturis Publishers in bookform: ‘Language of the Image’. My complementary essay ‘The Appealing Of The Unattractive’, is enclosed as well and goes deep into the human mind: how it reacts to fear, pain, gore and negative aesthetics, such as freakshows and BDSM.
In collaboration with CANON.
Initiated by Design Academy Eindhoven, Atelier ; Language Of The Image – 2015