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Joshua Healey Lapena
ART Habens
faced with unknowns that fit within archetypes
of experiences that he has different degrees of
control over. Being in a state of the conscious
unknown the dilemma of what could have been
otherwise and the anxiety of dealing with the
consequences corresponded to my interest in
the mind. Theories like those of Freud’s dreams
and Jung’s transference have helped me
explore the relation of the conscious,
subconscious to the unconscious mind. Akira
was another movie that influenced my thinking;
the way the music together with the animation
juxtaposition unexpected forms that
transformed and transcended the mere
representation of their reality. With the same
attention to detail, I like to plan my images, so
the schedule of their conception becomes well
formed. That is, like a process that can be
advanced by subtle experimentation to achieve
the desired results e.g. This slow methodical
approach helps to prevent me from being
distracted from being true to the conception of
my idea.
Although I have used some of my own
photographs as sources for my paintings, I
decided I want to include the consciousness of
others’ perception. The permission to use their
photos adds to the significance of the value
given to the images by an unconscious
collective. Seeing how they separate or are
suspended by being human or non-human, their
ontology rests on the different way the colors
and structures are composed. Sometimes I
create a collage digitally using photoshop, or a
do a drawing to help get a sense of the layout.
Even though I paint from a selection of
photographic images, I have reimagined and
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