SLADE 2007 SUMMER SHOWS, Julie Tengesdal, MFA,

Untitled, 2007
Photograph

Untitled, 2007
Photograph

Artist's Statement
The claustrophobic isolation within the body is something that I am very interested in and also try to visualise though performance. I am also investigating the universe of the inner state and how the psyche is built up layer-by-layer of different identities. These layers are what constitute the self. I explore the world of multiple personalities, not as a disorder but as a reality that lays within us all.
I am interested in what constitutes me/ the self by exploring the battle between the conscious and the unconscious, but also the state where there is a loss of self, when the control is lost and I loose myself in front of the other which then erupts the notion I have of me as well as the understanding the other have of me.