The Undertow
Tumbling, rolling breathless.
Looking for the way out, the way up, but the waves and sand encompass you completely.
Flipping you over and over, you start to feel its strength ease.
Until finally it allows you to find that breath of fresh air.
My story is about the feeling of being caught in a wave, dragged down by the undertow. Curved lines were the best way for me to represent this experience, as dots would not have been able to deliver the overwhelming tumbling feeling. Some sides are almost completely covered in lines with very little white space, representing pull of the wave. The side with few wavy lines depicts the ease of the wave. Lastly, one side was left blank to symbolize the relief, the air.
I wanted to reinforce the story the cube was telling through the photos. The use of shadows enhance the dark, overbearing feeling of being trapped. The white stands out against the black backgrounds, and act as the path towards the light, the way out of the water.
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