Friday, 26 April 2024

The House at Capo d'Orso




This is a very engaging book that I came across at City Lights Bookshop in S.F.  I didn't get it there.  With luck and persistence, the librarian from TPL dug it up from me amidst their computer system overhaul.

The book dwells on Sardinian geography, history, memories, owner's lineage, concepts of travel from WWII to present days, and of course architecture.  Highly recommended!







 

Tuesday, 9 April 2024

Bachelard's Steps



To express a thought, an outdoor staircase waiting to be climbed to the roof is diametrically different from the one buried in a dungeon with little to no daylight.  Yet, these two imageries could form a duality like two sides of the same coin.

 

From the inspired reading of The Poetics of Space by Gaston Bachelard, in which building parts are carefully examined psychologically and revered intimately.  In this work, I use ‘steps’ as the subject and apply it in his manner of investigations. 

 

The work is an attempt to explore on the senses when a person is confronted with an archetype inherently imbued with antagonistic values.

 

 

Music: Old Photo by Aleksey Chistilin (footsteps sampling added)


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Friday, 5 April 2024

The Marga Klompè Building, Tilburg University has a similitude with the project I am working on, that is the role of columns has been magnified on its psychological duty towards human. The visual impact of the box above, designed by Powerhouse Company, adds to the same effect the weight above the columns of the maquette I am working on. 

Wednesday, 3 April 2024



Some of my sculptures and a painting have been selected by Art Connect in the 'Best of the Week' competition.

See link: https://www.artconnect.com/artists