I was once an empress. The ground bent beneath my feet and trees stretched out to greet me. Then a cry of seagulls and all was rigid to my touch.
It is believed that dreams help us to process information, to solidify moments in memory and in this way they are similar to photographs.
This series of paintings is based on photographs taken at night. The camera’s settings are not adjusted to the dark, so at first the image appears black. The image is then opened in an editing software and the brightness is increased, pulling forms from the shadow.
The faults in the photographs attest to the process, as low lighting causes digital noise. It raises the question of the medium’s reliability as a recorder of the past and is therefore the focus of this work.
Ascent No. 1. Oil on canvas, 40 x 50cm; Untitled. Oil on board, 20 x 20cm
Untitled. Oil on board, 51 x 39cm
Ascent No. 2. Oil on canvas, 40 x 50cm
Whispers. Charcoal on paper, 15 x 20cm
Somnambulance. Printing ink on paper, 18.7 x 25cm / 12.5 x 18.7cm
Research
Untitled. Printing ink on paper, 21 x 29.7cm
Untitled. Digital photograph, 16.9 x 11.5cm