JxckHxrperArtโivyโ, the tenth track from evermore, tells the story of a married woman falling in love with a person who is not her husband, leading to an affair.
The use of ivy is interesting as ivy plants can stick so firmly that they remove paint, damaged siding, and can even grow through window casings into the inside of the building. These plants are toxic and destructive, which is an interesting juxtaposition to the relationship.๐ชด
New Media Art
โcowboy like meโ is a country-style song reminiscent of Taylorโs early days. It tells the story of two swindlers who fall in love through a cat-and-mouse fling. This was one of the difficult songs to get imagery and feeling without stating the obvious and using cowboys. I used film photography in the same was I did for โtolerate itโ to get the old fashioned feeling and how previous things and can remind you of a loved one. ๐ฅพ
Film Photography
โlong story shortโ is an ode to her lovers and the drama surrounding them in tabloids and her in the papers. I come across some old photos of myself and remembered the feelings I was going through at the time of a bad break up and what people said about me.
Long story short, it was a bad time
Long story short, I survived ๐ซ
Polaroid, New Media Art.
โMarjorieโ is track 13 off of Taylor Swiftโs ninth album evermore, and is a tribute to her late grandmother, Marjorie Finlay.
I recently lost my Granddad and currently experiencing similar feelings and thoughts the lyrics say especially coming up to Christmas at the time of making this, this song has a very special place for me and I think is very self-explanatory. ๐งพ
Scanography
โClosureโ is track 14 on evermore, which the narrator lays into an ex who canโt stand the idea that sheโs still mad at him.
The lyrics of tears, beers and candles really stuck out to me though this song was the hardest to create an artwork and was the last one I created.
This piece is the only painted work throughout the series and I wish I did more now! I used the ideas of green bottles to covey the envy with some abstract colours of candles burning and glowing in the background. ๐บ
Acrylic on cardboard.
Welcome to The โSit Here In This Hurtโ Series, where I will be responding to the album โevermoreโ in a range of mixed media processes. I will be starting with the last image to create a chronological order of posts. Please Enjoy x
The closing track on the standard edition of evermore is a meditative piano ballad tracking the narratorโs journey from a seemingly unending period of deep depression and hurt to a place of hope.
I used an outtake of my previous work as it created a dreamy feel for me and played with the ideas of lighting and really helped me when I was down at that time and helped me come to terms with certain things and express myself. ๐ซ
Photography
evermore: the โsit here in this hurtโ
fifteen part series
a mixed media response to evermore
Iโve always created artwork based on music and lyrics subconsciously, I even did a workshop on it earlier in my second year of university and ive always wanted to respond to a whole album instead of doing the odd song
When iโm feeling down, I tend to create and generate more and more ideas than when iโm in the best of moods hence the name of the series โsit here in this hurtโ also lyrics from track two.
In my previous post, I explained how I wanted to create an artwork for every song on an album and a few days later Taylor Swift surprised released Evermore. I decided to create an artwork for every song on the album taking a mixed media approach to certain lyrics which stuck out to me the most wether that be in film photography, painting, sketching or new media art.
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