FRACTAL
2021
Reykjavík Art Museum
Iceland.
6 archival inkjet prints
spatial intervention
2021
Reykjavík Art Museum
Iceland.
6 archival inkjet prints
spatial intervention
FRACTAL was created specifically for the Reykjavík Art Museum´s gallery, reflecting the role of the museums and the perspectives they shape. The installation features a series of photographs that appear to be taken from various vantage points around a central pillar - a distinctive architectural element of the museum. To subtly disrupt the gallery´s symmetry, several quadrangular pillars were introduced into the space, blurring the line between constructed reality and fictional scenography, and inviting the viewer to question what is part of the original architecture and what is staged.
Though the photographs may seem alike at first glance, each was captured in a different enviroment. During the exhibition´s setup, five scale models of the gallery were constructed within the exhibition space itself. A single photograph was taken inside each model. All images were printed at the same dimensions, but the shifts in scale and viewpoint produce a disorienting visual effect. As the models shrink in scale, the camera appears to draw nearer to the building´s surface - its material presence coming into sharper focus, almost to a granular level - evoking the fluid and shifting nature of the spaces that surround us.
Though the photographs may seem alike at first glance, each was captured in a different enviroment. During the exhibition´s setup, five scale models of the gallery were constructed within the exhibition space itself. A single photograph was taken inside each model. All images were printed at the same dimensions, but the shifts in scale and viewpoint produce a disorienting visual effect. As the models shrink in scale, the camera appears to draw nearer to the building´s surface - its material presence coming into sharper focus, almost to a granular level - evoking the fluid and shifting nature of the spaces that surround us.
