project one - diptych digital montage

 Reality VS. Fantasy Diptych: c. willis (left), p. zbella (right) _________

Artist statement: 

It is inevitable to compare reality to fantasy with modern day media and folklore influencing us from an early age. While selecting images for this assignment, p. zbella and I zoned in on concepts of reality and paired them with what could be considered their "equivalent" in the realm of fantasy.  These relationships are as follows:

1. Animals: 
• Caterpillar – Caterpie, Pokemon
• Narwhal – Unicorn
• Zebra – Unicorn
• Octopus* – Scene depicting the battle between a Man and Octopus on Pottery
2. Advertisement: 
• Average Sized Woman – Barbie
• Pizza – Totino's Pizza Box
3. Celebrity Depictions:
• Elvis – Marilyn Monroe
4. Exploration:
• Birds and Trees – Astronaut and Space
5. Limbs:
• Legs – Tentacles*
6. Love Triangles:
• New York and Pumpkin, Flavor of Love – Knives and Ramona, Scott Pilgrim VS. the World
7. Nature:
• Murky Waves – Hokusai, The Great Wave off Kanagawa
8. Technology:
• 2013 Smart Car – Doc’s Time Machine, Back to the Future

*The same image was utilized for both of these comparisons

Of these elements, I attempted to maintain the integrity of each of these relationships in a montage, meanwhile allowing the different concepts to interact with one another in one cohesive environment.