Portraits of the Artist Dissolving

Jodi Sharp

2010

120 mm film

Portraits of the Artist Dissolving is a project dealing with identity, and the loss of it into the surrounding world. It deals with the intrinsic connection the artist feels with nature and other humans, as well as the lack of boundaries that exist between herself and the physical world. 

In it, she seeks to create a physical manifestation that represents that lack of division, using the symbology of merging human, object, animal and plant materials to create new objects, creatures and environments. With this format she creates a spectrum of imagery, for no one thing can represent a being, but a gathering of objects can show many aspects of one whole. In this a utopic vision of a world is created, where everything can belong.