Changing Perspectives

The paintings are comprised of the sequences of thin vertical, painted and collaged bands that repeat themselves across the surface of the cardboard panels, creating a mesmerizing array of vertical and horizontal shapes that sculpt an image of ecological and social mayhem. Depending on the viewer’s position in relation to the work, visual information across the surface alters radically, transforming from aquatic over terrestrial to extraterrestrial narratives. The idea is to portray our multifaceted problem of overconsumption, overpopulation and pollution.

By applying the 3D lenticular printing method onto my painting I play with the static image and the viewer’s perception, pushing the boundaries between the high-tech and an entirely manual, low- tech production of kinetic image. Without any technological assistance I create a 3D moving image which grows through repetitive labor of the hand by strategically placing more than hundreds of paper stripes, one by one, onto the cardboard panels. Each strip is painted and collaged by hand with the fragmented pictorial information taken from the pages of inflight and science magazines, supermarket deals and catalogues, old atlases, and product labels. Images of food products, clouds, water, body parts, animals, trash, celestial objects, bacteria etc. taken out of context and simplified, are thus applied onto both sides of the cardboard bands and further combined into a sequential linear scheme. The elements of light, color, different imagery and changing angles invite the viewer to physically negotiate the space of two dimensional images. The work is thus inscribed in an interpretation of movement and transformation, visually provoked by the thin bands of collaged lines.

Through this time-consuming, labor intensive, and manually driven project I want to allow the viewer to simultaneously appreciate the fantastic effects of the piece and to interpret the narratives while understanding the methods behind the sensation. The work is not intended to create a perfect illusion but rather to reveal the illusory nature of representation itself and to highlight the human factor in creation. That we make things is driven by biology and necessity; like breathing and socializing — it is a part of being human. So, how can my act of doing/making be a transformative experience for the viewer?