Romance of Elements
Harwood hole 2, Neuseeland
2006
Artwork text and archival details
Adapted from the artist’s archive.
Wet stones form a passage in the cool moonlight of a New Zealand forest. A warm glow rises from an opening and casts long shadows among them. The arrangement suggests a gathering of immense figures looking towards a source of light that remains partly concealed.
Cool and warm illumination give the rocks different presences within the same scene. The archive reads their apparent obstruction as a metaphor for forces that can suppress expression, while the emerging light offers another possibility. The photograph holds these suggestions within the material detail of stone, darkness and reflected colour.
Format and edition details from the archive
Size: 88 × 120 cm, Edition 5 + 2 AP | 110 × 150 cm, Edition 5 + 2 AP | Year: 2006 |
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