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Circle: orbital commutation

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posted on 2011-01-01, 00:00 authored by J McArdle
In exercising vision we employ strategies to perceive space and to distinguish the objects of attention. Some processes however remain invisible to us; how we process binocular vision; and how we resolve vision in motion. This work images invisible motion perspective. Revelation of invisible mechanisms of vision exposes the haptic qualities of sight and their contribution to proprioception and ʻaffordanceʼ. Figuring the ʻvortex of visionʼ also releases symbolic and metaphoric potentials. This innovative outcome of practical research develops imagery which depicts relative movement in space using the principles of motion perspective (Herschel) and optic flow (J. J. Gibson); the locative awareness of volumes in space through the dimensions of time and space presented in 2D imagery. The mural scale (3.5 metres) work presented in 'Circle', a group show of work around the idea of 'the circle' curated by Melinda Capp is derived from a large production of digital photographs made in the London Underground. In this work, the circle is associated with the orbit of the commuter which bends around the twin poles of home and employment, work and rest, circulating in an ellipse around the Ideal Life. Each traveller's path is a braid woven through gyrations of force and resistance. Optic flow, emulated with the rotating lens, tracing the moving subject, makes this visible.

History

Publisher

Stephen McLaughlan Gallery

Place of publication

Melbourne, Vic.

Creation date

2011-01-01

Material type

art original

Language

eng

Notes

'Circle : orbital commutation' was displayed at Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne, 27 April - 14 May 2011, as part of Group show 'Circle' curated by Meldina Capp. Exhibiting artists included : Daniel Armstrong, Lynden Bobbit, Melinda Capp, Meridith Capp, Lorena Carrington, Susan Gordon and James McArdle.

Publication classification

J2 Minor original creative work; JO1 Original creative work - Visual art work

Copyright notice

2011, The Creator

Extent

1 chromira photographic print mounted on aluminium ; 380 mm x 2800 mm

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