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Apertures
The photographic field of the 21st century is a bewildering landscape of disparate practices, far removed from the medium's origins nearly two hundred years ago. Amidst technological advancements and discussions around computer-generated imagery, the group exhibition Apertures at Formation Gallery presents three contemporary artists whose works challenge and expand the role of photography today. Their practices prove that a photosensitive surface remains a mystifying territory, rich with conceptual potential and empirical connections.
Spanning through a broad spectrum of techniques and materials, the works by Trine Struwe, Rosalina Kruse Serup and Lasse Bruun transcend the traditional impulse to represent reality, instead occupying a liminal space where they become both photographic objects and indices of the surrounding world. This echoes the early days of photography, when the medium was highly dependent on the physical conditions - such as light and chemical processes - and was more about scientific exploration and artistic experimentation than about capturing "a moment in time".
Trine Struwe's series of photograms - aka pictures created without a camera - are a testament to the experimental nature of early photography. It鈥檚 a work in two parts where the black-and-white light-sensitive papers are exposed to street lighting at night, creating a 1:1 indicator of an immaterial yet crucial element of the urban environment after dark. The photograms鈥� glossy surfaces reflect the viewer and the exhibition space and continue to develop in response to their environment, much like the way early photographers had to contend with the physical unpredictabilities of their medium.
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The photographic field of the 21st century is a bewildering landscape of disparate practices, far removed from the medium's origins nearly two hundred years ago. Amidst technological advancements and discussions around computer-generated imagery, the group exhibition Apertures at Formation Gallery presents three contemporary artists whose works challenge and expand the role of photography today. Their practices prove that a photosensitive surface remains a mystifying territory, rich with conceptual potential and empirical connections.
Spanning through a broad spectrum of techniques and materials, the works by Trine Struwe, Rosalina Kruse Serup and Lasse Bruun transcend the traditional impulse to represent reality, instead occupying a liminal space where they become both photographic objects and indices of the surrounding world. This echoes the early days of photography, when the medium was highly dependent on the physical conditions - such as light and chemical processes - and was more about scientific exploration and artistic experimentation than about capturing "a moment in time".
Trine Struwe's series of photograms - aka pictures created without a camera - are a testament to the experimental nature of early photography. It鈥檚 a work in two parts where the black-and-white light-sensitive papers are exposed to street lighting at night, creating a 1:1 indicator of an immaterial yet crucial element of the urban environment after dark. The photograms鈥� glossy surfaces reflect the viewer and the exhibition space and continue to develop in response to their environment, much like the way early photographers had to contend with the physical unpredictabilities of their medium.
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