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At Dawn
Project type
Digital Collage
Date
April 2024
Location
Helsinki, Finland
This piece was inspired by an online treasure trove I discovered of actor portraits in costume. This photo of the man and woman is from a play - maybe depicting actors cast as mother and son?
To confuse it a bit, I rebranded them as two lovers, wrapped in red blankets. Tenderness between an older woman and a younger lover is so absent from today's cultural imagery, that this image can appear somewhat alarming or off. This is by choice - to highlight how rare it is to see this kind of couple in the media.
Original photo: The Association for Swedish Literature in Finland CC BY 4.0
Colourful wallpaper scraps: Turku Museum Centre CC BY 4.0
