Play Patriks latest album revolves around the conflict of different inner voices and the resulting difficulty in making decisions (Now i think about it, so does probably every pop song in the world). I tried to translate this visually into a sort of handbuilt x-ray picture with a brain for reason, a heart for love and a bird creature representing the irrational gut feelings. These three protagonists would serve as single covers while the complete assembly would be reserved for the album artwork.
I got most of the raw materials from my local knitting store (except the cigarettes).The models are built with clay, felt and teddy bear eyes, the skeleton is made from transparent beads. I arranged the whole scene on three glass slabs stacked on top of each other. This prevented the elements from tangling up and shifting while also adding some depth to the photos.
My studiomate Nadine Andrey took the pictures while I was blowing cigarette smoke in from the side after various tryouts with little smoke bombs didn’t turn out so well. For these slow swirling effects a pack good old cigarettes did the trick much better.
Damn you, smoke bomb! Some of the elements get blown off the set. Time to switch to regular fags.
