Two sides to a story

"The basis of visual geometry is the surface, not the point. This geometry disregards parallel lines and declares that man in his movement modifies the forms which surround him.”

From: ‘Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius’ by Louis Borges in 1962. It describes the geometry in a fictional land named Tlon.

When we think of, or describe our experiences, it sounds as though we are describing something fixed and factive. However, in reality both our memories and the experiences they originate from are far from stable. The world is changing con-stantly, and we are not computers, which register everything that comes within range with unaltered attention, without bias. We don't just move through, but are also moved by the situations we encounter. Our impressions mingle, alter and fuse into memories; time, scale, structures and perspectives get distorted. While some elements get lost, others get emphasized and then 'stored 'in a mysterious process.
And every time a memory gets 'activated', it is affected by our here and now.

By now we all know a photograph can be manipulated, but we still regard them as some kind of reflections of the world. All this inspired me to play with photographs the way I imagine our perception and memory shape our experiences. I cut, paste, distort and manipulate, all the while searching for the kind of rhythm, balance or coherency we experience when we are consciously perceiving or remembering.

The project consists of several (analogue) collages of (digital) photographs. Each piece is exclusively based on two photographs depicting the same situation.

Selections of Two sides to a story were exhibited at:

- Life is art gallery, Antwerp, Belgium (2016)
- To be (art event) in Leonhard's Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium (2016)
- Brussels art fair, Brussels, Belgium (2016)