Interim 2: The Art of Abandon

In the last interim I had the ridiculous idea to photograph wellington from the view of a homeless person. Since then I have realized how terrible that idea actually is and I have decided to revive my original idea of exploring the street art in the seemingly abandoned areas of Wellington. I would like to explore how baron our streets would be without these artists coming in and livening up our city, as if you really look at the Cuba street area it's buildings are extremely old, unkempt and rather industrial. I think that the art livens up these baron walls and transforms the forgotten parts of our city into urban galleries. Alongside the art in many of these alleyways and on these buildings is ivy or moss growing. This literally is bringing life back to these baron areas that the humans of Wellington have passed off as wastelands.

I'm interested in playing with the contrast and colour levels of these images to make the street out pop against the brick buildings they are painted on. I want to highlight the contrast between the state of the abandon the building is in and the level of care the artist has both for their field of work and their passion for making a beautiful area out of a place that everyone else has neglected

I'm thinking of using the intro to a taylor swift remix for my ambient music. It sounds very cliche and horrible but the remix gives a level of deep eeriness to the song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82Eu4HRjua4

I only plan on using the first 40 seconds of the song, before the lyrics come in.