Bounded Space
Appearance unfolds
Ethereal messenger
Fleeting thoughts
The glass offers a deceptive transparency, a seeming absence that paradoxically makes presence visible.
“Reality is not a thing, but a happening.” – José Ortega y Gasset
Immediate Function
Silent testament
Order and division
Shoe shine station
The reflective surface introduces an element of the ephemeral, a shimmering layer that both mirrors and refracts the solid world, reminding us of the ever-shifting nature of perception.
“The journey of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” – Edith Stein
Relentless Passage
Scratches remnants
Forgotten adhesions
Resonance of past encounters
Another fragmented distrested surface is found in a bus stop shelter in the hub of the city.
“The aesthetic object is not reducible to the sum of its sensible qualities.” – Mikel Dufrenne
Uptown
Reflected moment
How to be
In a newsstand
This fragmented surface compels us to see beyond the superficial and to ponder the profound realities etched into its complex structure.
“The work of art is a singular object, irreplaceable and inexhaustible.” – Mikel Dufrenne
Carriage Driver
Raconteur
Actor
Role player
Sometimes it is possible to see beyond objects into a larger connected domain.
“Art should not be limited to the representation of objects, but should strive to express the universal through the particular.” – Piet Mondrian
Interplay of Surfaces
Opaque panels
Intrusion of brick
Grid of silver mullions
At the precise moment of capture, an experience of structural elements come together in a particular configuration.
“The ‘world’ of immediate experience is the ground of all objective knowledge.” – Edmund Husserl
Out of a Dream
In the street
Walking around
Face in the crowd
Individuals isolated in space time.
“I think if I’d quit years ago, I’d never have known what I was capable of doing.” – Tom Petty
Dynamic Encounter
Ongoing dialogue
Built environment
Lived experience
Through its lines, textures, and the interplay of light and shadow, the image whispers of metaphysical truths, of the inherent temporality and the ceaseless process of becoming that defines both the structure and our engagement with it.
“The experience of art is a mode of self-understanding.” – Hans-Georg Gadamer
Concrescence
Dynamic nexus
Actual occasions
Crepuscular embrace
A frozen moment is extracted from the continuous flow of prehensions.
“The teleology of the universe is directed to the production of beauty.” – Alfred North Whitehead
Visual Dynamism
Aesthetic quality
Functional design
Corporate branding
The stark contrast between the bright red cab and the muted white of the cargo container immediately strikes the eye.
“To see something as art requires something the eye cannot decry—an atmosphere of artistic theory, a knowledge of the history of art: an artworld.” – Arthur Danto