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… No more, for instance, than copying Jean-Pélerin* that makes a drawing in perspective.Īnd if, as I hope, you are inspired to do figurative ‘tiles’, throughout the following pages you will find how to give birth to them.Īnd when, after some difficulties, you successfully make one, you will experience a great feeling of joy and humility before this 'PARCEL OF INFINITY'. I hope that what follows will make you realize that there are an infinite number of possible figurative motifs.Ěnd it is not just copying Escher to Judging by the few artworks coming from others. This method, taken from my book 'PARCELLES D’INFINI', offers a walk in the garden of the regular division of the plane that Escher explored in many directions. 'I walk around all alone in this beautiful garden, which certainly does not belong only to me, but whose gate is open to everyone.' However, on the other side I landed in a wilderness and had to cut my way through with a great effort until - by a circuitous route - I came to the open gate, the open gate 'A long time ago, I chanced upon this domain in one of my wanderings I saw a high wall and a premonition of an enigma, something that might be hidden behind the wall, I climbed over Have their own will, and it is they which guide It seems it is not I who am doing the creating, I have such sensations all the time when I am working on designs They are freeing themselves of each other, while still tied together.'The inventor has, all of a sudden, the distinct feelingĪlready existed before to have never been thought in the human brain. The outside, for so long, has defined what can be expressed by the internal. It is almost too much for the heart to keep up with. The reds and yellows radiate pain, through the back, the breasts, the hands. The crochet stitches build upon each other radially, a repetitive meditative act focusing on the body it is forming. It is warm and comforting, but also dense and heavy. The epidermic block is draped in a second skin, a crocheted blanket reflective of natural forms taken from the body. The self- imposed limitations and boundaries have been released to show the heart, the internal, in a much clearer light. By separating them, releasing the internal from its suffocating form, both sides are allowed to relax and expand. The two cubes fit, one inside the other like nesting matryoshka. On the right, the plastic is stretched to the cube frame, pulled thin like a skin. On the left, the cube swirls with internal energy, powering the beating heart. The process of carving these block prints was extremely cathartic because the satisfaction of violently slicing the block felt like it healed my own wounds as a result, like an inversion of the suffering cast on me. I wish to use these prints like a vessel or icon to contain those parts of me that are actively trying to subvert my mind and torture me.

I have abstracted these anxious and toxic thoughts into compositions using sharp spindly house centipede legs and bodies because after living in a basement apartment during covid I became very familiar with those creatures and although I am terrified of house centipedes I also feel a strange kinship with them. The overall theme of these prints is my experience with developing anxiety and depression during the covid era and the continuous feeling of declining mental health now despite the fact I've been able to see all my friends and family much more often, which I foolishly thought would make my internal problems vanish, or at least subside a bit. As a cooperative people, this process of extrospection is how we ultimately begin to cooperate, heal, and grow through times of turmoil and uncertainty.” Regarding the conflict and chaos in Ukraine and the world right now, we hope that Translation-Tessellation also serves as inspiration for you to reflect on the lived experiences of those around you. This allows those close to them to enter an empathetic state that attempts to understand a life that they cannot and will not ever know. One of the most pertinent perspectives a creative has to offer is their own, baring themselves in the ways they alone know best. Entitled Translation-Tessellation, this show aims not only to present works born of each VA’s completely unique experiences, but also to both highlight the oft-repeated processes so prevalent in the development of a personal practice and offer style comparisons resultant of personal affinities and life paths.

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Presented in full focus in our second exhibition is the contribution of one’s ever-changing environment and continued personal discovery to their subsequent ‘voice’, both artistically and otherwise. “ Life imitates art imitates life imitates art imitates. Tessellation- repetitions and the equations that add up to form our lives. Translation - the process of turning parts of yourself into the physical realm through art.