Unexpected uses for a cardboard box

Imaginary Window 1, Chaz Howkins, 2016, photo manipulation

Imaginary Window 2, Chaz Howkins, 2016, photo manipulation

As a response to the brief, I wanted to respond to the cardboard box how a child might, as children can take mundane objects and use their imagination to see potential in them.  This led me to imagining the cardboard box as a window into another world, which I visually communicated by creating these photo manipulations which transport the viewer from the run-down interior into a brighter, natural exterior.

Unexpected uses for a cardboard box

Cardboard Obstruction 1, Chaz Howkins, 2016, photograph

Cardboard Obstruction 2, Chaz Howkins, 2016, photograph

Cardboard Obstruction 3, Chaz Howkins, 2016, photograph

As a response to a brief requiring unexpected uses for a cardboard box, I created a series of photographs in which the cardboard was used as a means of obstructing the landscape.  As I obstructed more and more of the landscape with the cardboard, I found the photos more humorous as it becomes less obvious what the photograph is attempting to capture.

Unexpected uses for a cardboard box

Cardboard Boxer, Chaz Howkins, 2016, cardboard and tape

A visual pun. A small scale maquette for a sculpture I feel would be most successful if created life-size.