słońce we mgle – instalacja w galerii na2p w Gliwicach, grudzień 2008
sun in the fog – installation in the gallery na2p in Gliwice / PL, December 2008
materials and elements:
a basic form used to build the whole “Sun in the fog” is a red square of an exact dimension 5 x 5 (x 3 cm, when it is a cube)
so I cut the foamboards into about 1500 cubes and painted them red
then I needed a nice interior...with a white wall (it had about 4 x 5 m) to paint right on it
at the end I also painted the floor white gaining the proper effect
...and the lightning set up was also important
a basic form used to build the whole “Sun in the fog” is a red square of an exact dimension 5 x 5 (x 3 cm, when it is a cube)
so I cut the foamboards into about 1500 cubes and painted them red
then I needed a nice interior...with a white wall (it had about 4 x 5 m) to paint right on it
at the end I also painted the floor white gaining the proper effect
...and the lightning set up was also important
Sunset, horizon, wave etc are phenomena which can’t be described as easily as “plain” things such as an
apple, a face, or a tree. They are more like concepts, they don’t exist in a fully explicit way. As concepts they also exist in our minds. Everybody knows what the sunrise looks like or what is the horizon, but as phenomena they are rather complex images.
In my artworks I try to give them a form which would correspond with their character; to find out the images which are not literal descriptions, because there is no point in creating a calque (it is not even possible); they are things in general, not in particular; they are supposed to contain the features of many possible sunsets as the result of experiencing and observing them many times. Sometimes the conclusions lead to “unrealistic” results (by unrealistic I do not mean descriptive, or direct but closer to the core of things than a literal, detailed representation).
So, they’ve already gained a form as images. They have a new life, or a different mode of existence.
Sometimes I call them “substitutes for reality” – substitues that can fill up the living spaces.
apple, a face, or a tree. They are more like concepts, they don’t exist in a fully explicit way. As concepts they also exist in our minds. Everybody knows what the sunrise looks like or what is the horizon, but as phenomena they are rather complex images.
In my artworks I try to give them a form which would correspond with their character; to find out the images which are not literal descriptions, because there is no point in creating a calque (it is not even possible); they are things in general, not in particular; they are supposed to contain the features of many possible sunsets as the result of experiencing and observing them many times. Sometimes the conclusions lead to “unrealistic” results (by unrealistic I do not mean descriptive, or direct but closer to the core of things than a literal, detailed representation).
So, they’ve already gained a form as images. They have a new life, or a different mode of existence.
Sometimes I call them “substitutes for reality” – substitues that can fill up the living spaces.