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Arni Arapakis

‘The Sprout, The Eyedrop, and The Hybrid’

Inkjet prints

This trio of photographs plays on the idea of a subjective world with the way different forms of life, such as plants, insects, and other animals, or even the elements that sustain life, such as water, can intertwine with humans. In my presentation, the images which are paired together are placed in the same actual document and then are aligned. This was done to emphasise some form of commonality between the subjects in the photographs. Despite the compositional differences in features between the two images in each diptych photograph, they are joined in their complementary form to establish a relationship. The described ‘relationship’ was intended to demonstrate how people are connected with various types of existence, and even the environmental components that support life

Emily Dixon

The aim of my folio was to explore “the connections within the natural and manmade landscape, with the incorporation of the human form,” more precisely how people feel when interacting with nature. The focus of my photographs was to consist of people in a variety of landscapes within Victoria, in an attempt to capture the beauty of our country and the importance of its preservation while demonstrating the desire and need many people feel to be a part of nature. Due to COVID-19 this original plan to photograph widely throughout Victoria changed, and instead I photographed in urban Melbourne. These three final pieces cohesively work together to illustrate how people can connect with their surrounding naturalistic environments even in the midst of a pandemic. The juxtaposition of the black and white photograph and the two coloured photographs, paired with the painting aim to add more depth and further portray the connections between human nature and its surrounding environments.