I, IN THE PLURAL

I, IN THE PLURAL is a series of 21 staged self-portraits in which I explore identity as something I continually construct and transform. My body becomes both the material and the subject of these images. Theatrical light, colour, objects and gestures allow me to move between vulnerability, absurdity and self-irony.

Drawing on my experience in lighting design and scenography, I build each photograph as a scene in which I am both performer and image-maker.

The gallery below presents a selection from the series.

David Orešič crouches beside a tall rectangular structure illuminated in blue and magenta light.
David Orešič crouches beside a tall rectangular structure illuminated in blue and magenta light.
David Orešič crouches beside a tall rectangular structure illuminated in blue and magenta light.
Black-and-white frontal portrait of David Orešič.
Black-and-white frontal portrait of David Orešič.
Close-up self-portrait of David Orešič with color graiding.
Close-up self-portrait of David Orešič with color graiding.
David Orešič’s face illuminated in blue, surrounded by small lights projecting beams above his head.
David Orešič’s face illuminated in blue, surrounded by small lights projecting beams above his head.
David Orešič with warm white string lights woven around his head and beard against a dark background.
David Orešič with warm white string lights woven around his head and beard against a dark background.
David Orešič poses with clenched fists at his waist as blue and yellow light creates overlapping coloured shadows.
David Orešič poses with clenched fists at his waist as blue and yellow light creates overlapping coloured shadows.
David Orešič holds a brush and palette, his face framed by a white panel topped with coloured segments.
David Orešič holds a brush and palette, his face framed by a white panel topped with coloured segments.
David Orešič’s head emerges from a flowerpot as a watering can labelled EGO showers water over his flower-crowned head.
David Orešič’s head emerges from a flowerpot as a watering can labelled EGO showers water over his flower-crowned head.
David Orešič wears oversized round glasses beside a small owl figure, with tousled hair and a long beard lit in blue.
David Orešič wears oversized round glasses beside a small owl figure, with tousled hair and a long beard lit in blue.
David Orešič in a red top with two green balloons attached to his upturned moustache against a blue background.
David Orešič in a red top with two green balloons attached to his upturned moustache against a blue background.
David Orešič in a magenta top with crossed arms and two pale yellow balloons attached to his moustache against a cyan background.
David Orešič in a magenta top with crossed arms and two pale yellow balloons attached to his moustache against a cyan background.
David Orešič’s body is partly concealed by a white rectangular frame crossed with coloured bands, with arms and legs extended.
David Orešič’s body is partly concealed by a white rectangular frame crossed with coloured bands, with arms and legs extended.
David Orešič appears inside a miniature puppet theatre with red curtains, holding a hand puppet beneath a pink balloon.
David Orešič appears inside a miniature puppet theatre with red curtains, holding a hand puppet beneath a pink balloon.
Red-lit self-portrait of David Orešič with raised hands beneath a large horned shadow.
Red-lit self-portrait of David Orešič with raised hands beneath a large horned shadow.
Staged self-portrait of David Orešič as an ageing David, with a whitened body, bandaged knee, with diapers and crutches.
Staged self-portrait of David Orešič as an ageing David, with a whitened body, bandaged knee, with diapers and crutches.