Non-binary artist Eva Mueller initiated the Wall of Emotions (WOE) series after a personal revelation on November 6. Realizing the depth of emotions emerging from societal issues, Mueller decided to portray these feelings. Each black-and-white portrait features the sitter's handwritten sentiments overlaid in red, symbolizing urgency. The series includes 72 images, embodying a spectrum from disgust to hope, evoking a punk aesthetic reminiscent of the late 70s. The project aims to forge an emotional bond between the artist and the subjects, highlighting diverse emotional experiences in response to contemporary events.
The project became the Wall of Emotions (WOE) and it did indeed begin that afternoon with friends who came by to sit for a portrait that would express how they felt.
Each portrait captures an unfiltered closeup of raw emotion, the artist explained. I asked, how do you feel? And what do you feel?
The result is a set of 72 images (so far) that are a striking, visceral response to the current regime that has feeling of the punk aesthetic of the late 70's.
The sentiments range from disgust' to hope', with a surprisingly wide variety of emotions in between: revolting, apathy, frustrated, grief, resolute, betrayed and many more.
The sitter's handwritten words were overlaid on the image in red (a color of urgency and alarm), and then Mueller manually traced over the words with red ink.
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