impressions of movement
Social systems as an example of vibratory networks
Presently I'm in the United States working on diverse photographic projects. One of the curiosities I noticed while photographing here is that the fluidity of movement I was able to create in my Impressions of Movement photographs in France and Italy became, for the most part, very rigid and three-dimensional here in the States.
When I would try to photograph an urban area here, I found it very difficult to find poetry in its being. More often than not I found the linearity of three-dimensional forms. Photographs I have of Chicago, such as the ones presented in USA 2, are very representative of this concept, as are probably the images of The Bridge.
Can we assume that one place vibrates differently than another? And can we possibly suggest that an entire country can vibrate at a frequency different from others? Is it possible to say that the United States vibrates at a frequency different than lets say parts of Europe? Because human beings are vibratory beings, as is all of life, this concept could be an explanation why the States is so radically different in its social infrastructures, its sense of community and in its social cast system. Or why the States is the military arm of world-corporatism.
Aspects of the series
The photographs represent multiple physical actions happening through time as a simultaneous experience. What this means is that I take multiple photographs which have occurred through time and recreate those diverse actions and time differences into one image representing the synchronous relationship of time and physicality. The concept touches upon the perception that reality is an illusion which happens physically as a non-local experience in a dimension of undifferentiated time. The photographs play with what we perceive as the space between the time actions occur and the space separating the physical form of actions. I recombine the spaces between time and matter in order to recreate new illusions for us to contemplate. The images are an attempt to breakdown our three-dimensional view of reality.
Format
The Impressions of Movement images exhibited on this website are a sampling of a project I started in July 2009. The art form I created is what I call 'Documentary Photography Painting'. I use the word 'documentary' because each photograph documents the time and actions of a specific place. The photographs taken to date are of Europe and the US. Printed as a limited edition, each one measures 60 x 180 cm. This is an ongoing project.