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Anne Mie Bak Andersen, Student number 13033936 Statement of Purpose for exchange Glasgow School of Art, Fine Art Photography, Year 2 School of the Art Institute of Chicago February 2015 Portfolio description Instant Gratification, Analogue Photography, October/November 2014 This project is about the instant gratification in the modern culture. It is the backside of all the parties and social gatherings, where we dress up our self and our surroundings. The project is concerning the trash left behind that would maybe eventually end up in the landfill. And the project is also related to the phrase “not all that glitters is gold”: The images should be looked at, as visually beautiful images, but with everything there is a backside, just like the hangovers after a party, both mentally and physical. With all that glamour and glitter, follows the cleanup. Glitter Generation, Analogue Photography, November/December 2014 This project is an expansion from Instant Gratification, with the same subject matter, but can be seen with other aspect and viewpoints as well. It is also an experiment where I am trying to collaborate some of my snapshots with my lighting studio photographs, to make the project stronger. It’s about consumerism, and the consequences of our behavior. Plastic Planet, Analogue + digital photography, Work in process, January/February 2015 In this project I am trying to create landscapes with different leftover plastic materials. It’s a bit of a conflicting project, since I am trying to create landscapes that can appear like real nature, but is made from plastic. The world might end up containing so much plastic that the plastic will turn into actual landscapes (if this is not actually already happening). The conflict here is that I am creating landscapes that look pretty, but actually would be a terrible fate for the world, especially if nature as we know it cannot concur or incorporate the plastic. I will then connect the landscapes with weird plastic things around us, such as “plastic people”, and plastic equipment of different kinds, to try to make people think about how much plastic we actually use in our everyday life. Untitled, Photograms, May 2014 These images are from a continuation of another project concerning the body, where I was experimenting with scanning different materials in a flatbed scanner and making color photograms with transparent materials and kaleidoscopes, to create images that could be associated with the body, both internal and external. That project started off with concerns about makeup, lotion, shampoo, perfume, and all the other toxics that we fill our body with, but also all the toxics that are being sprayed on vegetables and fruits. The actual outcome of this project did also bring up associations towards small islands, blood, microscopic images, chemicals and drugs. I had 3 other photograms from this project exhibited in Copenhagen during Copenhagen Photo Festival in June 2014. Selfies, “video” made of webcam photos from 20042007, Made in April 2014 (It’s all right to fastforward when watching this) This project came to life after I got one of my old external harddrive fixed, and all these amazing pictures of me posing, came to life again. And in this selfie society I feel that it could be an important project to do. It took a lot of courage for me to show to people, but afterwards I realized how important it actually was to show, both for my younger peers, who are maybe still in the state of figuring out who they are and what they can do, and how to present them selves, but also important in these days with where most people show off the “good life” on Facebook and Instagram. It was also a comment to the selfie “epidemic” that has arisen, especially after Snapchat. We have always been interesting in trying to present ourselves from the best angle. Now we just have new medias to work with.

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Anne  Mie  Bak  Andersen,  Student  number  13033936     Statement  of  Purpose  for  exchange  Glasgow  School  of  Art,  Fine  Art  Photography,  Year  2     School  of  the  Art  Institute  of  Chicago  

February  2015    

Portfolio  description    Instant  Gratification,  Analogue  Photography,  October/November  2014  This  project  is  about  the  instant  gratification  in  the  modern  culture.  It  is  the  backside  of  all  the  parties  and  social  gatherings,  where  we  dress  up  our  self  and  our  surroundings.  The  project  is  concerning  the  trash  left  behind  that  would  maybe  eventually  end  up  in  the  landfill.  And  the  project  is  also  related  to  the  phrase  “not  all  that  glitters  is  gold”:  The  images  should  be  looked  at,  as  visually  beautiful  images,  but  with  everything  there  is  a  backside,  just  like  the  hangovers  after  a  party,  both  mentally  and  physical.  With  all  that  glamour  and  glitter,  follows  the  cleanup.    Glitter  Generation,  Analogue  Photography,  November/December  2014  This  project  is  an  expansion  from  Instant  Gratification,  with  the  same  subject  matter,  but  can  be  seen  with  other  aspect  and  viewpoints  as  well.  It  is  also  an  experiment  where  I  am  trying  to  collaborate  some  of  my  snapshots  with  my  lighting  studio  photographs,  to  make  the  project  stronger.    It’s  about  consumerism,  and  the  consequences  of  our  behavior.      Plastic  Planet,  Analogue  +  digital  photography,  Work  in  process,  January/February  2015  In  this  project  I  am  trying  to  create  landscapes  with  different  leftover  plastic  materials.    It’s  a  bit  of  a  conflicting  project,  since  I  am  trying  to  create  landscapes  that  can  appear  like  real  nature,  but  is  made  from  plastic.  The  world  might  end  up  containing  so  much  plastic  that  the  plastic  will  turn  into  actual  landscapes  (if  this  is  not  actually  already  happening).  The  conflict  here  is  that  I  am  creating  landscapes  that  look  pretty,  but  actually  would  be  a  terrible  fate  for  the  world,  especially  if  nature  as  we  know  it  cannot  concur  or  incorporate  the  plastic.  I  will  then  connect  the  landscapes  with  weird  plastic  things  around  us,  such  as  “plastic  people”,  and  plastic  equipment  of  different  kinds,  to  try  to  make  people  think  about  how  much  plastic  we  actually  use  in  our  everyday  life.    Untitled,  Photograms,  May  2014  These  images  are  from  a  continuation  of  another  project  concerning  the  body,  where  I  was  experimenting  with  scanning  different  materials  in  a  flatbed  scanner  and  making  color  photograms  with  transparent  materials  and  kaleidoscopes,  to  create  images  that  could  be  associated  with  the  body,  both  internal  and  external.  That  project  started  off  with  concerns  about  makeup,  lotion,  shampoo,  perfume,  and  all  the  other  toxics  that  we  fill  our  body  with,  but  also  all  the  toxics  that  are  being  sprayed  on  vegetables  and  fruits.  The  actual  outcome  of  this  project  did  also  bring  up  associations  towards  small  islands,  blood,  microscopic  images,  chemicals  and  drugs.    I  had  3  other  photograms  from  this  project  exhibited  in  Copenhagen  during  Copenhagen  Photo  Festival  in  June  2014.    Selfies,  “video”  made  of  webcam  photos  from  2004-­‐2007,  Made  in  April  2014    (It’s  all  right  to  fast-­‐forward  when  watching  this)  This  project  came  to  life  after  I  got  one  of  my  old  external  harddrive  fixed,  and  all  these  amazing  pictures  of  me  posing,  came  to  life  again.  And  in  this  selfie  society  I  feel  that  it  could  be  an  important  project  to  do.  It  took  a  lot  of  courage  for  me  to  show  to  people,  but  afterwards  I  realized  how  important  it  actually  was  to  show,  both  for  my  younger  peers,  who  are  maybe  still  in  the  state  of  figuring  out  who  they  are  and  what  they  can  do,  and  how  to  present  them  selves,  but  also  important  in  these  days  with  where  most  people  show  off  the  “good  life”  on  Facebook  and  Instagram.  It  was  also  a  comment  to  the  selfie  “epidemic”  that  has  arisen,  especially  after  Snapchat.    We  have  always  been  interesting  in  trying  to  present  ourselves  from  the  best  angle.  Now  we  just  have  new  medias  to  work  with.