Why do we crave intimacy in the form of romantic relationships almost solely? Why do we cast aside our other relationships like they mean less? Do we mean them less?
Twinflame documents the decay of the idealised romantic relationship depicted using the trope of Soulmates. Throughout all of history, humanity has been dreaming, writing and creating stories, artworks and film media about two people finding their perfect, divinely assigned partner; from body-switching, to soul marks, to the red string of fate, humanity is incessant in its need to define and visualise their perfect other-half. The narrative follows two identical beings, the soulmates or flames, as they find themselves becoming stifled in their relationship through their inability to compromise and see beyond the rose-tinted lens on their relationship. The deliberate use of the same actor in both roles allows for their faults to be considered without any bias, that neither are inherently more so in the wrong, as well as emphasising the supernatural aspect of soulmates, two predetermined halves becoming whole. Sequestered within the domestic environment of the home, using close-up shots to create this claustrophobic, suffocating environment responsible for their decay.
it's the beginning
tv boy
pay to attention to me (us)
i look into your eyes and see only myself
today's argument
lost the spark
crossing the line
whisper me (sweet) nothing
night-time routine
of the end
This work has featured as part of Lomography's 10 Frames, 100 Words: On Love series