The work of Ritta Päiväläinen, a perfectr mixture of art, photography, research, reflection…
“The main theme and primary driving force of my work is my interest in old clothing. In my photographs, I use discarded clothes from second-hand shops and flea markets. I am interested in old garments, because they carry silent, unknown stories and histories. The unavoidable fact that I will never know the actual stories and personal histories connected with the clothes arouses my curiosity. The clothes remain silent withholding their secrets. Little by little, personal histories are absorbed into the collective history…
…For me, a piece of clothing represents, above all, its former wearer. It tells you that somebody has been present. However, the person who wore it is now gone. The faded colours and tears in the fabric show the signs of the time passed. By freezing the garment or letting the wind fill it with air, I am able to create a sculptural space, which reminds me of its former user. This “Imaginary Meeting” represents, for me, the subtle distinction between absence and presence. “
Posted on May 28th, 2008 by marica zottino
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The fascinating, melancholic, gloomy photographic works by Robert & Shana ParkeHarrison….
“Working in an artistic conceit that dates back into the early history of photography, Robert ParkeHarrison poses in his own photographs, not as a subject for self-portraiture but as an anonymous Everyman figure struggling heroicaly but futilely with the forces of nature in a drear world. Incorporating aspects of theater,performance art, sculpture, and painting, ParkeHarrison’s haunting, disturbing images trancend the familiar world of conventional photographic representation into surreality and resonate with the force of myth” (read more here)
stolen summer
the passing
low tide
gray dawn
Posted on May 22nd, 2008 by marica zottino
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“The body’s relation to jewellery”, a fascinating project related to memory and senses by Catarina Hällzon…
“When we remember things, we do that with help from all or senses. We see things, feel things, we smell and we listen. When we meet an object we register the form, the colour, the sound. But we also register how it tasted, how heavy it was to lift and so on. So when we remember things we don’t only recall what a thing looked like, we also remember the effect it had on the body. We remember how the body reacted.
I’m interested in the thing that happens when reality no longer fit into the expected picture.”
Posted on May 8th, 2008 by marica zottino
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