The art activity for this week is taking a photo of myself as a "corpse" to image how you want to die. At first, I didn't have no sympathy or pleasant in doing this activity since I consider death is a serious matter. However, after a while learning more information about this type of art, I change my mind as it is not what I imagined. In fact, the photos appeared more like an elaborate performance art. The photographs literally take us as viewers closer to the scene of the death. Japanese photographer, Izima Kaoru, are the one who first began this kind of photography in 1995. He combines the subject of death and fashion in a hauntingly beautiful manner. Here are some of my favorite ones in this collections: Looking at these photos makes me rethink about death: we should not avoid death because we are scared of it as a taboo but take it as something more peaceful and beautiful or a matter that everyone will experience at some point in life. To whom you first heard about the phrase "corpse", it can be thought to be a tragic or something disgusting or to feel sorry for; however, the spirit of the body is most likely already free from the physical pain and is free and in peace.
I started to take myself in the shoes of these models as I would be the "corpse". It was an interesting experience when you build up the scene where you will die. I acted like I died because of falling down the stairs. I asked my mother to help me take the photos, and these are the results:
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