Direction

Perhaps it is time to change track a bit. This blog began as a University project though now that it is over it needs some new direction. The project went quite well, and I received a distinction for it - feel free to have a look at it and tell me what you think of it.


Anyway, for the time being I am going to keep this blog to do with university though it will be more of a journal, I will attempt to keep it fairly up to date. It will let other students and whoever else is interested know what it is like to be a 3rd year Architecture student. I will talk about current projects, how I am coping, my relationship with others though obviously I'll try to keep it all anonymous and really just to let you know how I'm doing and what it's like - feel free to offer advice at anytime, whether you think I need it or not.

A Month On;

Just about a month has passed since my last blog post and here I am wondering what to write.
Do I really want ton continue with this blog, I mean probably no one is reading it and if someone does read it they surely aren't leaving any comments. I would only be by chance that someone stumbles across my blog and then chooses to read it.

To whom am I writing? who is my audience? no on is responding though perhaps one day they will.

I want to start writing, I want to work on something that takes time and effort, something I enjoy doing and something that ultimately I will be happy with and proud of. I could have over 300 pages if I just write one page a day for a year!!!

I shoudl really come up with a new way of ending this posts instead of 'anyway...' and 'ok, so now that...' and this being my first attempt at a new ending I am going to end it here.

Until next time.
Guy.

Why Not?

Ok, so initially I began this blog for the sake of fulfilling the criteria of a course I was taking. Now that I have finished the course why continue? well why not? I am happy with what I have written and published until now so why not continue? I am going to continue and hopefully build on this from here.

A View In Retrospect:

A View From Within:

Having strayed somewhat from my initial concept of schizophrenia, there nevertheless remains to be some clear references to it, primarily that I am still depicting different persona within the same person.

Unlike schizophrenia which is an illness, I have decided to convey how within each of us there are numerous characteristics and personas that combine to form who we are, which is ultimately our identity. Through this project I have explored how the inner characteristics of a person express themselves physically, be that as clothing or through ones actions.

I felt that in appropriating Andy Warhols grid-like portrait system this would allow me to convey each unique identity as belonging to one individual. However, unlike Warhols bright hues I have chosen to sketch each photograph by hand and to display them inversely, so that what is seen is a white sketch on a black canvas. Sketching and stencil art are both a part of my identity though more importantly is that the single lines are like the bare bones upon which the body and personality is layered and constructed.

The twelve photos that I have used are very successful in that to a stranger they appear to be twelve separate people, while in fact they are all of me.

This is my identity, I am not merely a student nor am I solely a guitarist, I poses both and other characteristics that together make me who I am today, this is my identity and it is forever changing.

Dr. Professor. Lawyer. Guitarist. Builder. Lady. Chassid. Jesus & Soldier etc. etc…

Guy Steiner

Summary of my Project + Reflection:

This project has been a great exploration of who I really am. Perhaps it has strayed somewhat from my initial concept of schizophrenia though there remain to be some clear analogies. The main one being that I am still depicting different persona within the same person, me.

What I was exploring in this project is how the inner characteristics of a person express themselves in a physical expression i.e. the clothes and actions of a person.

I feel that the twelve photos that I have used do a great job of showing me as a different person / persona, and if you were unaware that they were all of the same person it would be very different to say they were fictional.

This is my identity, I am not merely a student nor am I solely a guitarist, I poses both and other characteristics that together make me who I am today, this is my identity and it is forever changing.

Finally!!!

Ok, So at long Last I have finished the design and construction of my website.
I have chosen to mimic Warhols grid-like design of portrait panels though instead of using the bright hues that he uses I have sketched each portrait. Each sketch appears in the inverse when it is rolled over by a mouse and when clicked on a larger image appears. The image that appears is the clear representation of the persona that I was trying to portray instead of merely a close of head-shot.

Who am I?

I have been taking photos of myself posing as different personalities, some are real personalities or identities if you please, while others are completely fictional. What I have tried to achieve through these photos is a means of expressing that one person can in fact be different depending on the time and the place.

Some of these photos were taken a couple years ago (as you can probably tell by the short hair) while others were taken within the past few days. I was one person two years ago and since then I have changed though there are numerous characteristics of my identity that remain. For example, two years ago I was a Yeshiva student in Israel though at the same time I liked art and drew constantly, two years later I am an architecture student in Sydney Australia and still like art and draw constantly (though now it is more often on CAD). Was I really in the Army or is that simply a photoshoped image? Am I a builder? no though I do like carpentry and making things. Do I like sport? yes I do like sport, I play tennis and I surf and I have for at least the past ten years. No, I am not Jesus, No I am not a chauffer and No I am not a woman!!! Though most of those other personalities I have pocessed at one point in my life and still do today.


Chauffer:



Soldier:

Artist:

Woman?

Hip-Hop Ali-G wannabee:

Builder / Handyman:

Tennis Player:

Music Lover / Guitarist:

Surfer:

Private Highschool Kid:

Carlebach / Nachman Hasid (something in between)

City Worker / Lawyer: