ABOUT FITNESS CELLS
Through the hardships of living in lockdown, I had a vision to create a way of showing people stuck in their rooms through a website (I want it to be accessible to anyone and for them to have an equal experience even while in lockdown). However, I realised that in doing so, it created a gloomy atmosphere around my work, which was far from what my intentions were.
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So, I came up with the idea to create a fitness theme around the work, to add an element of something that I enjoyed doing personally and remove any negative feelings, adding a bit of comedy to my art.
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The hope is to inspire people by placing (Photoshop) a famous athlete in their "Cell" (a Cell is a university student's bedroom), to allow them to see that they can achieve greatness, even while isolated. It is also communicating the trapped feelings people get, almost like a prison and the feelings of being controlled, or in a way, "forced" to stay in their rooms.
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Some people may not be too inspired by the images, but a good giggle never hurt anyone, the absurdity of a famous athlete training with everyday objects is quite an entertaining image especially while in a docile environment. Something light-hearted is what we need at a time like this.
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The end goal of the project is to make people understand that they are not alone. It's to show them that they are in the same position as many other people, so as to dissuade them from giving up, which is something I was on the brink of doing! We are social animals, when you feel down, others will too, socialise through any means possible, that is the objective.
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Karl Karg
