I Am Vertical is a conceptual body of work exploring identity issues through appearances
memories and the relationship between reality and fiction.
The series forms a subjective narrative in which each photograph functions as an allegory of
a specific feeling, all expressed through the staging of various inanimate objects.
Based on the artist's childhood, this body of work aims at representing this particular period
of time during which family relationships are extremely tensed and often conflicting.
The latter focuses particularly on the rivalry between mother and daughter and the rejection
of the maternal to which such primitive hostility inevitably leads to. In such a situation,
the natural bond that unites mother and child has been disrupted. As a result, the daughter
questions her position within a family from which she feels rejected and to which she can no
longer identify herself to.
I Am Vertical works as a self-analysis, a reflection on frustrating times and the claustrophobia
of family life. Although very personal, this project makes direct references to traditional
psychoanalytic theories, most particularly Freud's Oedipal dynamics and Carl Jung's Electra
Complex which have shaped our understanding of family relationships and early infantile anxiety.
memories and the relationship between reality and fiction.
The series forms a subjective narrative in which each photograph functions as an allegory of
a specific feeling, all expressed through the staging of various inanimate objects.
Based on the artist's childhood, this body of work aims at representing this particular period
of time during which family relationships are extremely tensed and often conflicting.
The latter focuses particularly on the rivalry between mother and daughter and the rejection
of the maternal to which such primitive hostility inevitably leads to. In such a situation,
the natural bond that unites mother and child has been disrupted. As a result, the daughter
questions her position within a family from which she feels rejected and to which she can no
longer identify herself to.
I Am Vertical works as a self-analysis, a reflection on frustrating times and the claustrophobia
of family life. Although very personal, this project makes direct references to traditional
psychoanalytic theories, most particularly Freud's Oedipal dynamics and Carl Jung's Electra
Complex which have shaped our understanding of family relationships and early infantile anxiety.
