small scale studies 1
2009
Guided by the methodological practice of microhistory, i.e., the study of the past on a very small scale, I wish to develop an artistic language, to explore and document the surface of certain locations/areas. Drawing is used here as a tool for transcribing span-sized sections of specific locations/areas. These meticulously mapped, micro-topographical landscapes of pebbles, on a scale of 1:1, are governed by a principle of positional randomness (and not by one of composition). A precarious mosaic, each drawing is a fragment of a bigger spatial ensemble, not graspable in a single image. The seven variations on an identical subject/object, drawn each time from a minimally different point of view, question the role of the perception of the individual in understanding and interpreting its relation to the surrounding environment.
Seven pencil drawings on paper, 40 x 40 cm each.