STUCTURED AREAS
My aim is to create an image that struggles against its own materiality. As much as the objects represented are tactile and rouge (created through crude sculptural acts), so does the final image labour to be “professional” and seductive.
This work requires multiple steps of object making and photography. While creating the objects I use the simplest of materials - magazine cut-outs, ready-made objects, wooden sticks, hot glue, home improvement materials, plaster, polyurethane foam, etc. The types of materials used and their treatment creates a feeling of randomness and incidentally. The next step of photographing is much more rigid. Each object is paired with a specific lighting and backdrop, chosen to accentuate the relationships between the elements and emphasize materiality, colorfulness, and contrast. The photographic act renders the original object redundant; it is discarded and its installation unraveled. It is as if this act physically “captures” the object, granting the illusion of a coherent landscape beyond itself. The photograph serves as the sole record of what transpired.
This work requires multiple steps of object making and photography. While creating the objects I use the simplest of materials - magazine cut-outs, ready-made objects, wooden sticks, hot glue, home improvement materials, plaster, polyurethane foam, etc. The types of materials used and their treatment creates a feeling of randomness and incidentally. The next step of photographing is much more rigid. Each object is paired with a specific lighting and backdrop, chosen to accentuate the relationships between the elements and emphasize materiality, colorfulness, and contrast. The photographic act renders the original object redundant; it is discarded and its installation unraveled. It is as if this act physically “captures” the object, granting the illusion of a coherent landscape beyond itself. The photograph serves as the sole record of what transpired.
