December 2011 I started walking around buildings to make pictures from all sides. My initial aim was to create a big virtual city scape, but soon I found it it was more interesting to stack all images on top of each other in transparent layers. The result: a building seen from all sides at once.
Meanwhile, with my old artist group De Tropisten I was busy preparing an exhibition in the Amsterdam Hortus Botanicus. This gave me the idea to make pictures of trees. Unlike buildings, trees don't have a back or front side, so being able to look at a tree from all sides liberates it from one of the peculiarities of the human perspective.
Most of the depicted trees grow in urban settings—streets, squares, parks, an airport, a patio—and are therefore always part of the city's planning. The surrounding space shifts with the rotating perspective, playing a key role in shaping the final outcome.
Usually, we are almost oblivious to these trees. To quote philosopher Emanuele Coccia: "... trees are the equivalent of black holes in terms of urban perception, green spots whose only function is chormatic variation. We barely perceive their character, their individuality". With this project, I aim to highlight the role of trees in our urban landscape, bringing them into focus as integral parts of our city environment.
Available as editions of 10, 325 gr FineArt Baryta on 2mm dibond with frame, 70 x 70 cm. For additional information and prices please contact ZERP Galerie, Van Oldenbarneveltstraat 120A, 3012 GV Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Phone: +31 10 8 46 37 30
E-mail: info@zerp.nl
