INERTIA
This is an on-going series of work produced from long-distance transportation taken in various countries. Using an iPhone camera, I capture the moving landscape once every 10 seconds on buses, trains, planes. Each of these frames is printed onto translucent paper and acts as a physical pixel on the canvas. Arranged in rows and clouds, these pixels create a collage of landscapes that escapes temporality while implying motion. They give the impression of the recollection of a voyage in abstract vision, drawing inspiration from the impressionist painters while using a tool (phone camera) that was meant to offer us instant realism. These "surface installations" engage the viewers with an alternative way of reading landscape, and question the role of traditional landscape painting within the context of contemporary lifestyle and technological conditions. In addition, they comment on how memory works - like clouds - overlaps, eludes, hides, fades, evolves, yet permanently exists.
This is an on-going series of work produced from long-distance transportation taken in various countries. Using an iPhone camera, I capture the moving landscape once every 10 seconds on buses, trains, planes. Each of these frames is printed onto translucent paper and acts as a physical pixel on the canvas. Arranged in rows and clouds, these pixels create a collage of landscapes that escapes temporality while implying motion. They give the impression of the recollection of a voyage in abstract vision, drawing inspiration from the impressionist painters while using a tool (phone camera) that was meant to offer us instant realism. These "surface installations" engage the viewers with an alternative way of reading landscape, and question the role of traditional landscape painting within the context of contemporary lifestyle and technological conditions. In addition, they comment on how memory works - like clouds - overlaps, eludes, hides, fades, evolves, yet permanently exists.
Title: Inertia No.1 - from Edinburgh Scotland to London England
Dimension: 100cm W x 70cm H x 4cm D (39in W x 28in H x 1.5in D)
Material: Mixed media (photography printed on Japanese paper, wood, and transparent waterproof acrylic medium)
Dimension: 100cm W x 70cm H x 4cm D (39in W x 28in H x 1.5in D)
Material: Mixed media (photography printed on Japanese paper, wood, and transparent waterproof acrylic medium)
Title: Inertia No.2 - from London England to Glasgow Scotland
Dimension: 100cm W x 70cm H x 4cm D (39in W x 28in H x 1.5in D)
Material: Mixed media (photography printed on Japanese paper, wood, and transparent waterproof acrylic medium)
Dimension: 100cm W x 70cm H x 4cm D (39in W x 28in H x 1.5in D)
Material: Mixed media (photography printed on Japanese paper, wood, and transparent waterproof acrylic medium)
Title: Inertia No.3 - from Beijing China to Changsha China
Dimension: 100cm W x 70cm H x 4cm D (39in W x 28in H x 1.5in D)
Material: Mixed media (photography printed on Japanese paper, wood, and transparent waterproof acrylic medium)
Dimension: 100cm W x 70cm H x 4cm D (39in W x 28in H x 1.5in D)
Material: Mixed media (photography printed on Japanese paper, wood, and transparent waterproof acrylic medium)
Title: Inertia No.4 - from Xiamen China to Changsha China
Dimension: 100cm W x 70cm H x 4cm D (39in W x 28in H x 1.5in D)
Material: Mixed media (photography printed on Japanese paper, wood, and transparent waterproof acrylic medium)
Dimension: 100cm W x 70cm H x 4cm D (39in W x 28in H x 1.5in D)
Material: Mixed media (photography printed on Japanese paper, wood, and transparent waterproof acrylic medium)
Title: Inertia No.5 - from Penzance England to London England
Dimension: 100cm W x 70cm H x 4cm D (39in W x 28in H x 1.5in D)
Material: Mixed media (photography printed on Japanese paper, wood, and transparent waterproof acrylic medium)
Dimension: 100cm W x 70cm H x 4cm D (39in W x 28in H x 1.5in D)
Material: Mixed media (photography printed on Japanese paper, wood, and transparent waterproof acrylic medium)
Title: Inertia No.6 - from Edinburg Scotland to London England
Dimension: 100cm W x 70cm H x 4cm D (39in W x 28in H x 1.5in D)
Material: Mixed media (photography printed on Japanese paper, wood, and transparent waterproof acrylic medium)
Dimension: 100cm W x 70cm H x 4cm D (39in W x 28in H x 1.5in D)
Material: Mixed media (photography printed on Japanese paper, wood, and transparent waterproof acrylic medium)
Title: Inertia No.7 - from Beijing China to Pingyao China
Dimension: 100cm W x 70cm H x 4cm D (39in W x 28in H x 1.5in D)
Material: Mixed media (photography printed on Japanese paper, wood, and transparent waterproof acrylic medium)
Dimension: 100cm W x 70cm H x 4cm D (39in W x 28in H x 1.5in D)
Material: Mixed media (photography printed on Japanese paper, wood, and transparent waterproof acrylic medium)
Title: Inertia No.8 - from Xi'an China to Changsha China
Dimension: 100cm W x 70cm H x 4cm D (39in W x 28in H x 1.5in D)
Material: Mixed media (photography printed on Japanese paper, wood, and transparent waterproof acrylic medium)
Dimension: 100cm W x 70cm H x 4cm D (39in W x 28in H x 1.5in D)
Material: Mixed media (photography printed on Japanese paper, wood, and transparent waterproof acrylic medium)
Title: Inertia No.9 - from Changsha China to Shanghai China
Dimension: 100cm W x 70cm H x 4cm D (39in W x 28in H x 1.5in D)
Material: Mixed media (photography printed on Japanese paper, wood, and transparent waterproof acrylic medium)
Dimension: 100cm W x 70cm H x 4cm D (39in W x 28in H x 1.5in D)
Material: Mixed media (photography printed on Japanese paper, wood, and transparent waterproof acrylic medium)
Working process