But looking back, ah never!
Cherry Hill
Cologne
Eyrie Alzate, Vijay Masharani and Alli Melanson
24.02.2024 - 13.04.2024
Through the movement of images by removing and adding, the processes of layering, the appearing of sound…, images are becoming blurry – and then: sharp again. This dance of randomness, or rather the delicate negotiation of it, serves as an exploration into the nuanced nature of media and its relation to time. Oscillating between moving images and stills, seamlessly transitioning from digital to analog and vice versa, spontaneously captured mobile footage and found images play a pivotal role, emerging in a partly narrative, partly direct approach. An unpredictability of a mirrored image, visible only for a moment or two. Something not appearing, but existing in multiple locations simultaneously – seemingly out of the blue. When the edges of paper matter, a repositioning of a bodily engagement with the subject is needed. Insights punctuate the tension of representation, marking the passage of time. As one encounters depictions of the human form, movement unfolds in a sequence, like frames from a film, yet rendered unrecognizable through layers of paint and process. After one another evolving into next to one another, where meaning and material blend seamlessly. Its form is existing through the absence of planning, an out of balance composition, anticipating a potential need to revisit these ideas somewhere and sometime; capturing movement in still form. “But looking back, ah never!”
Text by Lea Lahr
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