Margaret Freedy

My Sustained Investigation was inspired by our perspective.

My SI started out with my fascination with the human brain, and how it can be manipulated by so many different factors. For example, the way our eyes can deceive us by looking at an illusion. Our mind can change how we see the world, trick us into believing something, and control our reactions. My interest does not stop there, as my view on the world was recently challenged, causing me to reflect on the difference between how the world sees us, and how we see the world. I wanted to make a statement that if understood correctly lead to the viewer thinking about the message of my work in a deeper way. I wanted my work to change how perspective is perceived, and ultimately challenge the viewer to see the world in a different way. This led to my final sustained investigation, can altering vision affect our perspective? The beginning pieces were difficult as I tried to figure out how to make a 3D picture while still managing to create a full range of value and details. I experimented with purples and greys, but found that black and white worked best when directly next to a blue or red. My small scale color study did not stop there as I worked with shades of red and green that my colorblind brother could not see. Approaching the middle of the year, I began to use illusions and colored film to create interactive pieces, which would draw the audience into the art. Finally, I tried altering one part of faces to make the viewer take a closer look.

This effect helps the audience realize that the picture My final portfolio put together provides an opportunity to alter your perspective because each of our minds are different. By making every piece unique to the viewer, I believe my work collectively exercises the mind and its ideas about the people and world around them. In conclusion, I hope that the experience of my interactive portfolio causes you to dig deeper into the meaning of perspective.