ebony finck - LABYRINTH

Sample of 4 X 20 second videos

Project summary
Labyrinth is a 13-month photomedia project exploring the concept of emotional granularity in response to the anxiety. This durational, diaristic experiment examines the psyche through structured introspection and photomedia via daily, one-hour meditation sessions, resulting in short videos or photographs, informed by my altered state.

I will work with sensations, thoughts and emotions using cameras, my body, surroundings and objects, aiming to bridge the gap between the unconscious and conscious mind. Informed by scientific theories of emotions and the abstract expressionist movement, Labyrinth will explore the ephemeral nature of emotion, assisted by the support of internationally renowned artist and mentor Natascha Stellmach, and will work towards an exhibition.

Circumplex Model of Affect - Figure 1

Figure 1. Eight affect concepts in a circular order. (From "A Circumplex Model of Aflect" by James A. Russell, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1980, 39, p. 1164. My markings in red as an example of Labyrinths’ daily use. This becomes an additional anchor which I can artistically explore further upon exhibition. 

SUPPORT MATERIAL
Juncture - Previous photographic series

Alongside my physical self, Labyrinths’ inclusion of nature, light and colour is a development of the natural elements in Juncture.

Untitled #1, Juncture, 2015, pigment archival print on canson rag, Ed 7 + 2AP, 61.7 x 42 cm

Untitled #2, Juncture, 2015, pigment archival print on canson rag, Ed 7 + 2AP, 21 x21 cm

Untitled #3, Juncture, 2015, pigment archival print on canson rag, Ed 7 + 2AP, 21 x21 cm

Untitled #15, Juncture, 2015, pigment archival print on canson rag, Ed 7 + 2AP, 28 x 42 cm

brumby - Previous photographic series

My 2017 series Brumby whilst still exploring emotion via the animal form, documents the iconic and controversial Australian wild horse living in the threatened Mount Kosciuszko landscape. Both my 2017 series Brumby and Juncture were exhibited in a nonlinear salon-style hang, inspiring the additional use of video in Labyrinth to explore this “static image movement”.

Untitled #1, Brumby, 2017, pigment archival print on museo silver rag, ED 10 + 2AP, 66.7 x 100 cm

Untitled #12, Brumby, 2017, pigment archival print on museo silver rag, ED 10 + 2AP, 66.7 x 100 cm

black - Previous photographic series

My series’ Blue (2014) and Black (2015) feature my blurred, distorted and fragmented body expressing emotional states whilst caught in them. They explored sadness, fear, anticipation and anger in relation to grief.  Labyrinth goes further by intentionally using chance and distortion alongside a meditation practice to encourage a more in-depth study of emotional states.

Untitled #1, Black, 2015, pigment archival print on canson baryta, ED 7 + 2AP, 21 x 14 cm

Untitled #4, Black, 2015, pigment archival print on canson baryta, ED 7 + 2AP, 21 x 14 cm

blue - Previous photographic series

Untitled #1, Blue, 2014, pigment archival print on canson baryta, ED 7 + 2AP, 33 x 33 cm

Untitled #5, Blue, 2014, pigment archival print on canson baryta, ED 7 + 2AP, 33 x 33 cm

Labyrinth GRANT example video

Example of video work for Labyrinth, self-portrait, 2019, iphone footage