Vertical Horizons
The photographs present fractions of vertical objects, along horizontal photographic lines. The common link is grasping the bases of those objects, being of people or trees, streams, the floor or structures. From their bases roots their existence, lives, situations, horizons, in their vertical evolution, life and form. Through fractioning, the observer imagines the whole, mentally providing the missing parts. This is enhanced by counterpoising Man with Nature, Artificial with Natural, Inorganic with Organic, Mono with Polychromatic, Geometric with Irregular. Joining these apparently incomplete object lines, including the opposites, is a form of Deconstruction. It is an important tool for the generation of inspiration, abstraction and even sense of aesthetics. One overcomes the most obvious and apparently banal, to find deep sense and beauty in simple things.
The photographs present fractions of vertical objects, along horizontal photographic lines. The common link is grasping the bases of those objects, being of people or trees, streams, the floor or structures. From their bases roots their existence, lives, situations, horizons, in their vertical evolution, life and form. Through fractioning, the observer imagines the whole, mentally providing the missing parts. This is enhanced by counterpoising Man with Nature, Artificial with Natural, Inorganic with Organic, Mono with Polychromatic, Geometric with Irregular. Joining these apparently incomplete object lines, including the opposites, is a form of Deconstruction. It is an important tool for the generation of inspiration, abstraction and even sense of aesthetics. One overcomes the most obvious and apparently banal, to find deep sense and beauty in simple things.
extract of text used at the exhibition in Era Uma vez No Porto, Porto, Portugal
© João M. Gil
© João M. Gil
