"Sublimation"

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SYNOPSIS:

The series of staged images are inspired by Freud’s essay - “Beyond The Pleasure Principle”. The essay describes humans as struggling between two opposing drives, as if being in a suspended state of permanent temptation to choose one or the other: Eros, which produces creativity, harmony, sexual connection, reproduction, and self-preservation; and Thanatos, which brings destruction, repetition, aggression, compulsion, and self-destruction. Having these in mind I tried to find a way to visually manifest some of the Freudian terms & concepts as if seen and experienced through my POV.

Above Image: Sublimation"

"Disavowal"

"Autoerotism"

"Anti-cathexis"

"Todestrieb"

"Cathexis"

"Introjection"