Caruana, Natasha (2015) Love Bomb. [Photography]
Creators: | Caruana, Natasha |
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Description/Abstract: | Love Bomb charts evidence of love and hate through a series of still lives constructed and informed by sourcery, chemistry and psychotherapy. The photographic work is a response to the breakup of relationship and metaphorical investigation of the links between the two emotions on wider scale. Restlessly the artist documents her attempts to stay in love, searching for love potions on the internet then making and photographing them in her studio. Interspersed amongst these attempts is the documentation of her self-destruction. These are depicted through the collecting, making and documentation of bombs. Countless stories of love, heartbreak, violence and even murder appear in the media daily. Love and hate both exist within our culture and relationships and in fact this balancing act arises from our own biological makeup. Scientists studying the physical nature of hate have observed how our brain's neurons display similar activity during the feeling of romantic love and when experiencing emotions of hate. The series expands around a central metaphor; love potions and bombs, pairing point and shoot images with text detailing the ingredients of each concoction. |
Item Type: | Art/Design Item |
Date: | March 2015 |
Locations / Venues: | Location From Date To Date Encontros Da Imagem - International Photography Festival Casa das Bombas, Braga, Portugal 25 September 2015 31 October 2015 'Beyond Evidence: An incomplete narratology of photographic truths', group exhibition at Format Festival, QUAD Gallery, Derby, UK 13 March 2015 7 June 2015 Love is an Act, Open Data Institute 16 July 2015 23 May 2016 |
Schools: | School of Fine Art & Photography |
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Depositing User: |
Ms. Natasha Caruana
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Date Deposited: | 12 Mar 2015 12:35 |
Last Modified: | 08 Mar 2018 15:59 |
URI: | https://research.uca.ac.uk/id/eprint/2817 |
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