Over the last half year, we have been researching the possibilities of recording two bodies moving in time by light onto a photographic medium. We realized early on that the space/machine we wanted to do this in had to be very specific because we wanted to combine two fundamentally different media. One was the camera to capture the image and the other was a living space that will sustain us whilst doing it. This consisted of many more aspects than we could have anticipated. Characteristics of the camera, such as lack of light and air, make it a difficult, if not impossible living space. A camera is a vault, wheras a living space finds its ideal in openness. Portability of the device was also necessary as we wanted it to be used in different locations.
We deconstructed the principles of camera and house to find ways of re-assembling a conceptually new medium that combined the structural and functional elements of both. Would it be possible to interpret entrances and exits of a camera as doors and windows? Could the camera back function as a bed? Could a camera provide us with a toilet? Could a house be light-tight?
Where is the line between functionality and livability? Are we bothered by this question?
We found that the urge to leave normality and livability behind us would overtake even our common sense. We would settle for nothing less than an experience of being without temporal borders that divide us in space; to make a document that was not about being in one place but a passage between places. The concept of moving without being limited by space, and showing motion in time, confronted us with a state of immateriality.
Form would follow Function; our house would no longer be the cozy place it usually is. Our camera not recognized by any photographer. This hybrid would even cause us serious physical harm.
Still we aimed for a recording period of approximately 24 hours. The new structure would be a combination of tent and pinhole camera and the pinhole camera would be used to make a photogram. With a middle ground between maintaining our physical condition in the camera and getting a aesthetically revealing work, we came up with a design for the the pinhole tent.
Through Tentaobscura, we want to explore the impact on ourselves of living in the 'One Environment' -Time- During our time in The Netherlands and in China, the tent will negotiate between our basic needs and exterior conditions such as weather-temperature-light in both locations. Outdoors and close to the dynamics of the urban environment, both the local people and us inside will be confronted by our separation.
In this unique interaction with our surroundings, we will ultimately be confronted with ourselves inside the tent, facing the limitations and the potential for our well-being as we regard our inside life and the outside world.
exto | kunst, kunstenaars, galeries en exposities
Kor Smeenge Materializer Industries - Enschede-Quanzhou
Over the last half year, we have been researching the possibilities of recording two bodies moving in time by light onto a photographic medium. We realized early on that the space/machine we wanted to do this in had to be very specific because we wanted to combine two fundamentally different media. One was the camera to capture the image and the other was a living space that will sustain us whilst doing it. This consisted of many more aspects than we could have anticipated. Characteristics of the camera, such as lack of light and air, make it a difficult, if not impossible living space. A camera is a vault, wheras a living space finds its ideal in openness. Portability of the device was also necessary as we wanted it to be used in different locations.
We deconstructed the principles of camera and house to find ways of re-assembling a conceptually new medium that combined the structural and functional elements of both. Would it be possible to interpret entrances and exits of a camera as doors and windows? Could the camera back function as a bed? Could a camera provide us with a toilet? Could a house be light-tight?
Where is the line between functionality and livability? Are we bothered by this question?
We found that the urge to leave normality and livability behind us would overtake even our common sense. We would settle for nothing less than an experience of being without temporal borders that divide us in space; to make a document that was not about being in one place but a passage between places. The concept of moving without being limited by space, and showing motion in time, confronted us with a state of immateriality.
Form would follow Function; our house would no longer be the cozy place it usually is. Our camera not recognized by any photographer. This hybrid would even cause us serious physical harm.
Still we aimed for a recording period of approximately 24 hours. The new structure would be a combination of tent and pinhole camera and the pinhole camera would be used to make a photogram. With a middle ground between maintaining our physical condition in the camera and getting a aesthetically revealing work, we came up with a design for the the pinhole tent.
Through Tentaobscura, we want to explore the impact on ourselves of living in the 'One Environment' -Time- During our time in The Netherlands and in China, the tent will negotiate between our basic needs and exterior conditions such as weather-temperature-light in both locations. Outdoors and close to the dynamics of the urban environment, both the local people and us inside will be confronted by our separation.
In this unique interaction with our surroundings, we will ultimately be confronted with ourselves inside the tent, facing the limitations and the potential for our well-being as we regard our inside life and the outside world.