latincollector
Raissa Venables
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Through my large-scale images of interior spaces I aim to provoke a visceral interpretation of the ordinary places of our lives. As we mark the environment, our environment marks us. A space is transformed through use and entropy. A history of usage leaps from the floor of a freight elevator; the bedroom wallpaper’s discoloration and seams create an unnerving pattern. It is a sensual and living place, a breathing labyrinth.

In these digital collages I optimize the details of many photographs and incorporate them into one massive rendering. In juxtaposing saturated colors, dynamic structure and pattern with common subjects I invite the viewer to an altered perception of the familiar. In Double Bed Room a state of claustrophobia is imminent due to the largeness of the beds in relation to the smallness of the room. A floral pattern covers every inch of the walls and ceiling. The multiple focal points and large scale of my photographs present a situation as an experience, an encounter, rather than a window.