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I chose to view Peter Campus’ work, 3 Transitions, which used video as a means to display his work. By using video he was able to convey the action and movement of transitions in his work, emphasizing the change that was taking place in the subject. By using different layers of video he was able to display change in his works and create a surreal effect. By utilizing the different aspects and effects of video, Peter Campus was able to portray transitions and stress the idea of self-image and change. All three “transitions” bring to mind the idea of transformation in one’s self. Campus uses the tools of video such as layering of video images and blue screen technology, as well as adjusting images of himself, and through these he achieves a work, which emphasizes the meaning behind self-image and identity. The first video uses these attributes of video technology to display Peter Campus appearing to rip through his own body and climb through it, into himself. Through this usage of video editing he creates meaning in his work, symbolizing breaking through one’s self-image. Given that the person breaking out of the body is the same person that was originally standing on screen, his work could be interpreted to say that although trying to stray away from the self-image that you live, you inherently remain the same person despite this. This same idea can be derived from his next “transition” in which the artist seemingly erases his face, only to reveal the same face underneath. By using layering effects of video he conveys this idea of self-identity and who you are on the inside. This theme is carried through in the third “transition” where he uses video adjustments to show himself lighting a picture on fire, which is a moving image of himself. Overall through the use of these video effects, Peter Campus was able to portray change and transitions in his work, and emphasize the theme of self-image in his video.



Helen Lundeberg created an unconventional self portrait in her work //Double Portrait of the Artist in Time//, where she incorporates two pictures of herself in the same image, one where she is a child and one where she is an adult. There is a shadow in the portrait which links the two together, showing that they are two connected parts of her life. This stands apart from the typical self portraits featuring just a painting of the artist's face, and instead depicts the aging of the artist through two different stages in her life and shows the change she has experienced.
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