Artist Statement

Formally, it is an archive of images that string together as a reflection
of an obsession with the eye versus the camera apparatus itself.

The work constitutes a search towards an alternate way of viewing and seeing life.

Topics under consideration:

no. 1 energy
no. 2 light
no. 3 shadow
no. 4 perspective
no. 5 projection
no. 6 the search
no. 7 dreams
no. 8 presence and absence
no. 8 microworlds
no. 12. documentation
no. 15 the archive and the history

Process & Results:

Light manipulations through the variables of the camera (i.e. lens type, angle
of view, focus, f-stop), led to the discoveries of color patterns and forms within
the everyday and the constructed moment.

An intervention occurred and the conventions of the light meter and the filmic
frame were ignored.

Entire strips of film (through the Holga) were used to compress layers of reflected
light. The outcome was a recording of a fragmented form of reality where figures
fold in on one another as they push the limitations of the latitude of the film.

Another dissection occurred. The camera apparatus was broken down into two
separate entities: the lens and the lightsensitive material. The lens was removed
from the equation.

The alteration of light (movement of light and shadows cast) was observed without
replication and in realtime. Flat surfaces mimicked the film plane and attention was
drawn to the proximity of the object interfering with the bean of light.

Light-sensitive material was then used as a canvas for documenting light over a period
of time. The process inspected the fundamental transfer of energy.

Summary:

It is always about what happens in the presence (of light) and in the absence (in shadows).
This type of reduction unveils the raw beauty of light and its color temeperature as seen by
the recording material in contrast to the human eye. The outcome is the same as with any
form of documentation. There exists a narrative and a history, a recording of a performance,
and an infinite amount of potential energy. The difference is that it is not subjective or specific.
It is all encompassing.