Considering its finals week, many of my spare moments have been spent thinking about my approach to a few projects. The first project being an article about the current Renaissance of Printmaking, exploring how this traditional art and form of communication, once overshadowed by digital technologies, is making a remarkable comeback in the modern era. As I read about the intricate techniques and the passion of contemporary printmakers, my mind began to wander, envisioning a fusion of past and present within a single space.
In this imagined scenario, I saw a bustling printmaking studio where artists from different time periods coexisted. The air was filled with the aroma of ink and the sound of carving tools. On one side, skilled artisans meticulously engraved copper plates, employing age-old methods passed down through generations. On the other side, modern printmakers using modern influence with these age-old methods. What exactly would these two periods look like in my own translation?
The second project is centered around the idea of capturing a composite moment of light colliding with color. I aimed to explore the interplay between these two elements in a single frame, transcending the boundaries of time and space. Using a photograph I took many years ago as the foundation of this project, I envisioned a vast, open road at the golden hour, when the sun dipped low on the horizon, casting a warm, ethereal glow. A moment suspended in time, where hues of red, orange, and purple painted the sky, while the landscape is bathed in soft, golden light. I imagined fusing it with instances of vivid colors found in everyday life, and tried to visualize what exactly light colliding with color would look like.
This amalgamation of light and color in a single frame served as a visual metaphor for the interconnectedness of moments across time, while also acknowledging the fleeting nature of life and existence.
Conceptualizing my approach to both of these projects, in their own unique ways, brought together different spaces of time into a single creative space. They encouraged me to explore the intersections between past and present, traditional and modern, and to imagine the possibilities that arise when these elements collide.