Creating my grey paintings, I became fascinated by the concept, that the universe only exists because we are here to witness it, and that this symbiosis is akin to a 'grey area' where perception and reality meld into something malleable In retrospect I realised the work was also about a meeting of different peoples perspectives. It became about the experience of empathy.
Through hindsight, now I recognise that I am promoting the appreciation of a unity that we all share. People Often talk about losing themselves in the moment. What this means exactly is something I want to explore.
Gustav Klimt - The Kiss
Konstantin Brancusi - The Kiss
These two works are examples of physical embrace between two people and the intimacy of this connection. The figures appear as a single compositional element, unified. In exploring options for articulating someone losing themselves, these works suggest that n losing ourselves we can find our 'oneness', like the single piece of rock carved into Brancusi's sculpture.
Sex provides a vessel in which to present this concept; addressing the physical, tangible connection as well as introducing a temporality to the design. The moment. Climax is seen as an ephemeral ecstasy. Though this euphoria transcends sensation; the self dissolves through conciousness , and the eternal present is realised.
I'd been considering simply filming two people having sex and slowing it into something akin to Bill Viola's video work (seen below).
I'd been considering simply filming two people having sex and slowing it into something akin to Bill Viola's video work (seen below).
Now I feel that a more congruent exploration of my interests with the concept would be to explore the notion of time in video and how I can condense this document of the sexual experience into a moment. Consider Idris's Khans work only with video.
Idris Khan
Also, Jason Salavon
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