Devoid Of Space
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The Art of Representation is divided into three parts:
Circumsciption, Composition and Reception of Light
On Painting, Leon Battista Alberti, 1435AD
Our understanding of space stems from the differentiation between light conditions.
Objects or Environments are perceived through particles bouncing off their surface.
Or their absence.
Over the centuries, artists depicted our world view,
via distinct representations of reality or a narrative.
Depending on the method used, the impressions formed different levels of abstraction.
For the purposes of this series,a shadowcast technique was employed
where the volume of the object becomes a negative and form is defined only through shadows.
This Study focuses on creating and perceiving form via the darkness it casts
on the surrounding field. Almost the entirety of the visual information here,
is delivered by details on the shadowed parts and the traces of human figures.
The illuminated surfaces blend into the white background, making themselves invisible.
Volume and mass vanish in praise of the shadows.
The manufactured landscapes resemble architectural or urban compositions.
The human figure acts as a barometer of scale and spatial relationships.
The physical bodies, human or objects, do not exhibit volume or texture.
They are absent from our vision.
The compositions were produced by programmable methods
that apply a simplistic logic of displacement, volume and proximity.
The human figure is the main factor and reference of scale and spatial organisation.
The end result is a space that is empty of its contents but full of their impression.
A space where no volume can be seen.
No surface. No body.
A space devoid of Space.
Editions
10 PAIRS / 1220 X 915 MM / GICLEE PRINTS ON HAHNEMUHLE PAPER
&
10 SINGLES / 2440 X 915 MM / GICLEE PRINTS ON HAHNEMUHLE PAPER
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