photographer - looks into illusion and deception

using still image and photography could be used, but i think ill use moving image more than photography.

i would most like to deceive not using sosftwares, and so physically editing moving film may be something i do, but i dont have an analog camera.

explores themes of cognitive psychology, identity construction and existentialism.

In three short exercises, Campus uses basic techniques of video technology and his own image to create succinct, almost philosophical metaphors for the psychology of the self. In these concise performances, he employs video's inherent properties as a metaphorical vehicle for articulating transformations of internal and external selves, illusion and reality.

using video could defo be something i work with in this project - using technological and manmade illusions.

an image that looks like a rectangular windw, but in fact is a trapezoid, both sides having the same imagee. when spinning it looks cool, i might try and come up with my own one.

one of the first reference points i used, saw it on instagram and was enamoured!

a dream you'll always remember. some doctors say they act as anchors to balance memory loss.

MPD's are known to interact with your relationship to suburban architecture. new and empty houses are candidates for MPD anchors. some say this is because of the structures expression and how it guides our travel through frames.

(stairs and bannisters are living extensions of our arms and legs, not working for you but working with you.

his instagram is pack with these and is a huge reference point for me, especially when looking at distortion and trickery

Her prolific filmmaking and writing occupies a highly discursive position between the fields of art, philosophy and politics, constituting a deep exploration of late capitalism’s social, cultural and financial imaginaries. Her films and lectures have increasingly addressed the presentational context of art, while her writing has circulated widely through publication in both academic and art journals, often online.

looking into her commentary on observation and consent and often intertwines philosophy and art which i find interesting

i cant believe ai can come up in a google search and i think that this itself is a kind of illusion

is kind of the real version of the ai one, puts the audience into the experience.

i saw this reel which i assumed was just real, showing how much ai has developed in terms of video.

e.g. sora ai

but then i saw that actually will smith posted it and it was fake. i was tricked!

i then started to question illusion in a broader sense, thinking about what qualifies as an illusion. this led me to researching shadow and moving image, seeing how i could trick viewers using these methods and technology.

while researching shadow and light for another project, i saw a exhibition which looked cool, but then discovered that it was from an ai prompt. i had been tricked myself! i also got tricked with a video of will smith which i thought was comparing last years ai capabilities with nowadays; but it was just will smith.

being tricked by ai made me question if ai itself can be used as a tool to trick someone.

im going to take these ideas of what is an illusion and making the audience think twice, or tricking them into fmp. something which i might leave behind is ideas of physical, drawn optical illusions as i dont feel i can progress too far with this, i think i would reach a dead-end fairly early on if it was my sole focus.