Unsquared

For this project, I work in several stages: I create a physical medium that I envision as the intersection of matter, color, and light. 

Next, I create images of reflections on these surfaces. I then give each image its own distinct form and cut it out, placing it next to a mural that interacts with the printed image. The project Unsquared   which I worked on during my residency at Contretype—Center for Contemporary Photography in Brussels—aims to place the image on an equal footing with other mediums and to explore its physical future.

The standard rectangular shape of images stems from their source material: the negative, whose format has been established for a long time and is determined by practical and technical considerations. This physical form thus originates from the simple, exact reproduction of a norm and a standard. Unsquared proposes to give the photographic object autonomy from its source.

The subject is a reflection—a motif traditionally avoided by photographers—which here takes on the status of a portrait subject, hinting at a critique of anthropocentrism.

This work arose from a reflection on the origins of forms, from the beginnings of prehistoric abstract art to its contemporary developments.

Within this project, the various media assert themselves, contrast with one another, and are placed in perspective. This interplay highlights the dual nature of the image, which combines the material object with the object of representation.

My Project Unsquared considers space-time as a continuous flow and photography itself as a temporal hiatus that creates a breach in that continuity. Like a piece of evidence torn from the past, photography thus leads a paradoxical existence as a representation of a past state in the present.