“My former mentor Elinor Carlucci recommends taking photos every day as a kind of training for the photographic mind,” says Esteban Curiel.
On that day, Kriel was staying at London’s St. Ermin’s Hotel and visiting the Sir John Soane Museum, which houses a collection of Greek, Roman and Egyptian figurative sculpture. “Inspired by the fragmented and distorted body, I went back to my room and created this image. Just like you train your body in the gym, you can train your eyes by taking photos every day. So you have to play with what’s available, and in this case it was this space and its furniture.”
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Kriel wanted to be her own model and muse, and says that during her graduate school years, she “started to feel the weight of the power of a photographer and what it meant to represent others.” I preferred to take advantage of myself rather than try to navigate that dynamic. And I’m always available! ” In doing so, he began to rethink traditional notions of selfies and self-portraits. He says he can move away from the feeling of displaying his body and instead think of it as raw material for sculpting. “It’s my body, but it’s also a political tool to break down the gender binary and explore my own queerness.
“Social media censors require that genitals be covered, but this restriction only heightens the story’s sense of mystery and ambiguity, forcing viewers to fill it in,” he said. and then ask questions such as: Is it a sculpture or an invitation to a sexual encounter? ”
