Artist statement: Follow me into the shadows of the cave.
In this project, I took a journey to the shadows. In the Allegory of the cave of Plato “On the walls of the cave only the shadows are the truth”. In this modern world, Instagram screens are the walls of our caves, where everyone is happy, charismatic, and beautiful. It is hard to recognize reality. We are all too busy to see it or to feel it. To see the real happiness and beauty I took a journey into the shadows. Shadows symbolize the subconscious side of us. Contrary to Freud, according to Jung, the shadow can include everything outside the light of consciousness and may be positive, negative or creative side of us. I am using shadows, silhouettes, bright light, and dark black to reach you and to share what’s left that’s real or subconsciously real. Here lies the mystery of shadows and silhouettes. When I see a shadow or a silhouette it is sometimes melancholic, sometimes mysterious and sometimes fun. I think life has beauty every moment and by looking at the shadows we can see the good in the darkness. ©All rights reserved @gokhangogo