Jake Hoffman

Institute of Art, Design and Technology

Project Statement:

Neptune Estate

An in-depth, detailed case study of the cultural and communal habits of a suburban housing estate, its neighbouring spaces, and its inhabitants. Through the form of the series, spontaneous occurrences and circumstances played a crucial role in the photographic practice. Neptune Estate slowly uncovered the identity of place through the exploration and experience of a distinctive, albeit traditional environment. By integrating a collaborative approach into the style of image-making, the work documents the lifestyles of those at the centre of its narrative, with the imagery reflecting the relational dynamics of environmental setting and extempore portraiture.

Artist Bio:

Jake Hoffman (b.1995) is a Dublin based, Irish visual artist, who studied photography at the Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art Design and Technology. Hoffman’s practice, methodology, and style of image-making are derived from a social documentary standpoint. Illustrated through the monochromatic relational dynamics of environmental setting and experimental means; lie narratives often centred on lifestyles, subcultures, and their harmonious structures, with the photographic reflecting the trajectory of cultural and communal habits and their inhabitants.