Body in Space

And so an image like “body and space” plays with the exterior form of the body as it has been defined by points of light. At the same time it is about a show or the presentation of oneself in a public context. The details of the head have been lost in this image replaced with a dark void that suggests that the body is a shell or suit.

when your hand begins to talk

Sadness of Light

Neurological Expresssionism is a style of work that suggests light effects the way we feel. We know this, after the weather has been dull the absense of sunshine creates introspection. The projection of light patterns creates a physiological and emotional response in the subject. This image titled ‘In the Sadness of Light’ looks at the formal and emotional qualities of light patterns of both the presence and absence of light. For a person with Epilepsy light threatens consciousness.

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0.023 a very short amount of time, a fraction of a second, the form of the body breaks down and acts as if it is an item of shopping moving quickly across a scanner.

Photo Sensitive Epilepsy

Richard Baldwin was born in the small dusty town of Walgett in outback Australia, known for its location at the junction of two rivers and its flat landscape. Although generally a good boy Richard was prone to episodes of misbehavior. This is how his career as a visual artist began; dressed in his best clothes for the important occasion of his brother’s birth, Baldwin took the black paint from the laundry and painted the outhouse and himself in a style resembling the work of Franz Kline. A few years later whilst still a child, Richard was diagnosed with a form of Photo- Sensitive epilepsy. This explains his attraction to both pattern and photography. In 1984 he completed an exhibition titled “If it Fits”, an important show for Baldwin. Mostly self portraits, part documentary and expressionist, the show was the basis for Neurological Expressionism -stimulating neurological responses during the moment of exposure using light patterns. Neurological Expressionism includes aspects of parody, satire and light sensitivity. Baldwin is currently working on a series of images focusing on the performance and self-portraiture in the context photography.

Dies Irae at Les Recontres d'Arles

Galarie Huit has completed its open Salon in Arles for Les Recontres d'Arles. Many thanks from me for the inclusion of Dies Irae in the exhibition. Dies Irae forms a small part of the series of Neurological Expressionism. A series of images that deal with the effects of light, the figure and neurology. Works from the salon will be exhibited at Galarie Huit Panang in January 2012.