Saturday, May 29, 2010
Monday, May 17, 2010
MOULDED BELT IN A JAR
MOULDED LEMONS IN A JAR
BEANS SPROUTS IN A JAR
RUSTED BICYCLE CHAIN IN A JARFrom Stasis to Flux
During the personal per course of creating these pieces, my aim has been to explore the ‘relationship of opposites’, through the metamorphosis of the materials in question.
I have been able to investigate different stages throughout the making of this work that finally led me into the shift that my work was waiting for.
‘From Stasis to Flux’ is a room/installation which emphasizes the development of my personal journey within the experimentation and the realization of these pieces, highlighting the shift undertaken within their composition.
‘The relationship of opposites’, in this case expressed by industrial/natural, growth/decay (ex. metal/water, belt/mould...), is a process which involves a development, a movement, a change, therefore, no static object could communicate this interaction.
This room/installation shows this fundamental passage, ‘From Stasis to Flux’, emphasizing the importance of being coherent with the philosophical aspect of the pieces, but mainly highlighting the significant personal growth within the awareness of ‘why and how creating a piece’.
My work has been both visually and intellectually inspired by the ‘dematerialisation of the art object’, a concept very present within the 60s movements of Arte Povera, Pop Art and Fluxus. Nonetheless, a great influence has also been derived within my work from Greek philosopher Heraclitus of Ephesus, who believed in ‘the unity of opposites’, understanding the world as a place where nothing remains fixed, where everything is in flux and is constantly being transformed; much like the doctrines of Oriental Philosophy, within the I Ching and the nature of Yin-Yang.
Therefore, after a long period of thinking and tutorials my thoughts finally took the direction that initiated a series of work and experiments that have the coherence to express ‘the harmony of opposites’: ‘constantly interacting, never existing in absolute stasis’. This gives the work a natural per course of ‘self-destruction’, emphasizing the meaning of time through decay.
The realisation of these pieces gave me the confidence and the enthusiasm needed to push myself into this new journey where exploration and experimentation have always been present.
Sunday, May 16, 2010
EXPERIMENTING WITH METAL
The Relationship Between Peace And Chaos
Being an extremist I have always been interested in the relationship of opposites, therefore researching ‘Peace and Chaos’, I am researching the importance of finding a balance in life, combining the two subjects together. Also how human beings need both, in order to feel alive, continuously searching for harmony, but also creating confusion.
At this stage my influences are very much my personal interests and experiences: exploring and trying to understand the relationship between ‘Peace and Chaos’, associating the two subjects within Nature and Humans respectively. Also fundamental the importance of incorporating organic and non-organic materials into the work, in order to give it that sense of real ‘structured messiness’, ‘chaotic order’, intrinsic within my way of living and therefore my way of thinking.
Key words of my projects are:
EXPLORING: different surroundings, Nature, the City, various subjects, the inner inside, etc.
EXPERIMENTING: processes, ideas, media, arrangements, etc.
METAMORPHOSIS: pushing the limits of the material in question, changing and transforming its nature, etc.
During this period I have dealt with various ideas and concepts to use in different projects. Starting with the ideology of ‘The Relationship Between Peace and Chaos’, present in each work and going into the psychological personal analysis of the meaning of Relationship, which continued with the introspective and philosophical journey to understand the importance of the ‘symmetricality’ of images. Very important also the meaning of the Metamorphosis of the materials in question, which consequently related to the correlation of the four elements: Water, Fire, Air and Earth.
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