Alexei Siozov: Arcana. Thessaloniki PhotoBiennale 2018
A series of photographs inspired by Tarot cards. Roles 鈥� Symbols 铿乺mly rooted in a society which has set in stone its ways of classifying people according to their qualities as well as their super铿乧ial, one-dimensional nature, thereby essentially ignoring their inner identi铿乧ation. The entirety of this venture is barely a simple photographic process; instead, it could be characterised as an overall performance. Alexei Siozov personally sew and work on the clothes and other objects used and presented. I do not work with professional models; rather I prefer working with everyday, ordinary people. In my attempt to depict the most suitable 鈥揵ased on their personality traits as well as their experiences鈥� individual, I get to know them personally prior to the photo shooting. Their roles are not random. On the contrary, my models鈥� roles derive from their own expectations and feelings. The portraits created mean much more than what is perceived at a 铿乺st glance, as is the case with tarot cards. (Artist Statement)
Alexei Siozov, whose work stood out in the open call competition of the Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, present his first solo exhibitions in the context of the Thessaloniki PhotoBiennale 2018.
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A series of photographs inspired by Tarot cards. Roles 鈥� Symbols 铿乺mly rooted in a society which has set in stone its ways of classifying people according to their qualities as well as their super铿乧ial, one-dimensional nature, thereby essentially ignoring their inner identi铿乧ation. The entirety of this venture is barely a simple photographic process; instead, it could be characterised as an overall performance. Alexei Siozov personally sew and work on the clothes and other objects used and presented. I do not work with professional models; rather I prefer working with everyday, ordinary people. In my attempt to depict the most suitable 鈥揵ased on their personality traits as well as their experiences鈥� individual, I get to know them personally prior to the photo shooting. Their roles are not random. On the contrary, my models鈥� roles derive from their own expectations and feelings. The portraits created mean much more than what is perceived at a 铿乺st glance, as is the case with tarot cards. (Artist Statement)
Alexei Siozov, whose work stood out in the open call competition of the Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, present his first solo exhibitions in the context of the Thessaloniki PhotoBiennale 2018.
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