"Explorations" is a photo presentation of Antje Larsen, member of the ResidenceSEA, photographer and technician, living in Heraklion, Crete for almost 20 years. Antje's presentation is musically supported by Rifa and Markos Mastorakis. Below you find the description of the presentation.
Please bring your own drinks.
Free admission.
Exploration
My motivation in contemplating the sea is to bring it into play with its inherent characteristics and utilize it as a rendering graphics software for the creation of images. Lots of efforts in new technologies have been made to give us control over the image making process, to allow us to direct the formation and modulation of compelling patterns, fascinating shadows and shades, mesmerizing colors and shapes, and many more, in short, to allow us to render engaging digital images, which in most cases are inspired by nature, often even mimicking nature. Instead of following the work flow of first being inspired by nature and then create my vision on a computer screen, I prefer to indulge in the visions nature itself creates and explore the interplay between topology and the dynamics of the environment. As a result, nature is the inspiration and the creator synchronously. Nature is in control, and thus, forging images with its own palettes and tools, with its own “graphics rendering software”.
So, I am not having the control here as opposed to what I usually try to do in my daily life, where I aim to control as much as possible. To be precise, the only thing that I control is what gets recorded, thus memorized, and the intensity of the record. All this is simultaneously governed by everything that lies outside of my control. It becomes an exercise in accepting what I cannot control and in how I can instead transform it into a creative process. Therefore, I must become part of everything that I cannot control in that instant to record visions that are intriguing to me. This is where it becomes magic to me and which I want to share through this presentation.