adrenal cycle

for my project i have chosen to represent the first part of the adrenal cycle, or the late alarm phase. i have chosen my artist influence as Matthew barney, as one does. I will be focusing on the metaphorical discomfort that one gets when has a rise in adrenaline and the keyed- up feeling of an adrenaline rush. Following barney's cues, i wanted to create an independent aesthetic system where i would use the specific color scheme of dark reds and greens and browns along with cohesive patterns and visual symbols along with metaphorical symbols throughout the series. I have chosen to also include along with the photos: sculptures, drawings, and a short film. For the film, i have chosen an office setting, so i will do my out of studio photos in this office setting. for the studio photos im sure of, im going to freeze eyeballs into ice and photograph that on top of fabrics that match my color scheme.  i am also working with the idea of painting the augmented vein system in the color palette, but i am undecided on if i will use this for sculpture or still life. i am choosing not really to reveal my choice in the short film because i want them to be a surprise, but i am planning on doing a patch shirt in the colors of the theme that will also be used as one of my sculptures. of course, im seeing somewhat difficulty in making this project be purely still life since it is about a human function, but i think that will be a much more dramatic effect if i pull it off correctly (i hope). however, i will be doing the other 3 phases as themes for my other projects with eh same aesthetic system and just following the perameters of the following projects. this project is starting with the second phase, and i will be going out of order on the phases, like barney, but also to show the discomfort but also the feeling of jumping around on adrenaline. i have planned most of my photos but i dont want to give them all away or tell the depths of my metaphors until the presentation because i feel as though it will be much more meaningful. i apologize that i did not choose a "still life" photographer for my inspiration but i feel like barney's was the basis for my project and therefore he should be the influence. i also want to engage the viewers in some way that i have not decided yet. the project will also be heavily grounded in scientific research in the cycle that i am currently investigating.