OTHER SERIES
On Disneyland
In this series, I use images from Disneyland to represent Bali from my eyes.
For some of us Disneyland is like a magical place where fantasy becomes
true. This actually has its reason, Disneyland is a place that is
constructed around the ideal world, where everyone is friendly and
happy, animals are tamed and a place where hopes and dreams can
potentially come true. This reminds me somehow of the old image of Bali,
how foreigners came and built their own ideal paradise on the island.
Disney themed pictures are chosen with bright colors because they play
with our senses. Many of the buildings seem very tall, but are actually
built using forced perspective in order to squish more buildings into
one area, while still maintaining the ocular mirage. Another example, if
it’s a hot day outside and you go into one of the ice cream shops to
cool down or take a break, that cold air is going to be blasting so you
feel so cold you buy something to keep you warm from one of the nearby
shops. This circle makes you keep spending your money while maintaining
the illusion of a happy place. The same things also apply to tourism in
Bali. How excellent the service here doesn't make you realize how
capitalism has changed the face of Bali itself. Disneyland here also
symbolises the need to escape the world into a sweeter one. By
presenting imaginary as more realistic than reality itself, Disneyland
draws visitors into the world of escapism and happiness achieved through
simulation; it makes the troubles of the real world less relatable.
On
R U Ur Avatar?
This
series talks about multi-persona and identity, how some of us have
multiple personalities when facing different persons and multiple
accounts on social media. I, myself love to role-play as this cool, sexy
girl on my other Instagram account leading people to believe I have a
nice life just for fun. Blurring the friction between the meta-verse and
the reality of ourselves in the real world. I also edited my face into
famous influences and celebrities on these paintings as a way to
imagine what it is like to be like them. The Y2K aspects are related to
style; how is right now on the rise. Just like identity, trends are ever
changing just like our view on ourselves.