Photismos

17. February 2024. – 03. March
MegnyitóOpening: February 16, 2024, 6:00 pm
MegnyitjaRemarks by: Kovács Gergely

The exhibition includes two electrographic series and two 4K videos. The title of the exhibition (Photismos) refers to enlightenment, illumination and imaginary stages of mystical cognition.

The titular series is a continuation of the previous one made in New York; through the layered application of digital photographs, it presents both a futuristic spectacle and a formulation of a light-art-like formulation.

The second series is a reworking of images from one of the video highlights; here the natural environment dominates, with water, reflection, sunlight and contrasting shadows organised into a play of light. The work (LightWater-WaterLight) also alludes to various archaic divination techniques and the symbolism of initiation/baptism.

The second video, with the same title as the first series, is my latest video work, a recreation of a performance in front of the camera in 2023, in which a face is abstracted thanks to special lighting and layering.

In my video Photismos, I moved on the borderline of cinematic abstraction, aiming to create a new kind of visionary visual quality through the abstraction of the face/person. Both videos have a richly detailed, painterly, light-painting potential that needs to be further explored.

“Paradise is a Person.”

Péter Kecskés