Time. Duration. Perception. Memory. Remembrance. Continuity. Repetition. Habit. Boredom. Escapism. Myth.
(Ksenia Galiaeva, 2011)
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The essay is about practical ‘problems’ of photography, like monocular perspective, the body of the viewer, and depiction of time and memory; and also about the time duration theory of Henry Bergson, the creative use of passivity, angst and boredom, and the construction of family mythology.
Collage with Triangles
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English Collage with triangles
Dutch Collage met driehoeken
a text (in Dutch and in English) about the mechanics of associations and forms of sugestive space, illustrated with icebergs, funnels, Bergson’s time-cone and a rose, written for an artists’ book of Ans Verdijk, august 2012
Tokyo through the clouds
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English Tokyo through the clouds
Dutch Tokyo door de wolken
See also my ‘Japanese postcards’
De Koffer
The story (in Dutch) is written for the book Object/Affect, Uitgeverij Pels & Kemper, 2010
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