SIGNIFICANT OTHER
The starting point of Significant other are the two photographic still lifes, featuring found objects. The two sculptures attempt to re-create these still lifes in three dimensions.
The project attempts to shift the conventions of originality attached to the media: photograph as documentation, sculpture as a prototype. The photographic still lifes have a ready-made quality, where the origins of the objects are identifiable and the compositions seem both immediate and ephemeral. On the other hand, the resulting sculptures are new-made, deliberate and meticulous. Here, the sculpture acts not as a copy, but as a quote, fragmenting the image to recombine it again in three dimensions.
The resulting artwork is a combination of both its versions, oscillating between the two mediums and echoing the sculpture back to the photograph.
The starting point of Significant other are the two photographic still lifes, featuring found objects. The two sculptures attempt to re-create these still lifes in three dimensions.
The project attempts to shift the conventions of originality attached to the media: photograph as documentation, sculpture as a prototype. The photographic still lifes have a ready-made quality, where the origins of the objects are identifiable and the compositions seem both immediate and ephemeral. On the other hand, the resulting sculptures are new-made, deliberate and meticulous. Here, the sculpture acts not as a copy, but as a quote, fragmenting the image to recombine it again in three dimensions.
The resulting artwork is a combination of both its versions, oscillating between the two mediums and echoing the sculpture back to the photograph.
Photograph, 40x40cm, digital C-print mounted on fibreboard / Sculpture, 155x20x20cm, steel, fibreboard, Styrofoam
Photograph, 40x40cm, digital C-print mounted on fibreboard / Sculpture, 120x40x82cm, steel, fibreboard
(2014)
Photograph, 40x40cm, digital C-print mounted on fibreboard / Sculpture, 120x40x82cm, steel, fibreboard
(2014)
