Week 4 – 5: Night paintings and paper cut
This piece is about the domineering effect that light has on a subject. From the pictures above, we see two contrasting styles of dominance that arise from the light source. The captured image on the right portrays the light source as an entity of warmth, comfort and shelter. In conjunction with the posture of the subject, it adheres to the refuge he seeks.
However, the image on the left was interpreted to depict light with more omnipotence and godly attributes. Inspired by the Catholic Church, the formidable light protruding out can be paralleled to the Holy Doors of Mercy. For this year, Catholics are encouraged to journey to or ‘make pilgrimage’ by walking through one of these Holy Doors. In doing so, it enables Catholics to be closer to God. Hence deriving the omnipotent aspect of light. Moreover, the beams of light that are casted out into the plane are exaggerated to effectually demonstrate the multidimensional of this ‘light’ which in essence is God.
Another light source worth mentioning are the reflections in the glass. From the captured image, the reflections contain simple solid objects. Whereas, the interpretation shows the reflection to be more fluid. This evokes life into the light itself, portraying it with more dynamism.
Paper cut
Adapting aspects from the night painting and incorporating the ideas into a paper cut was a challenging process. Fore mostly how light is not distinct as it gradates over time and distance. Light generally spreads unconditionally.
However, for that very same reason was inspiration for the piece below. We see light within the doors are segmented with leading lines converging to the central focal point, which adds depth to the door. As we don’t know whats within this portal. “Could it be a portal to another dimension?”
The lights emerging from the door itself, originates from the main light source as well. It slowly dissipates into the darkness of the ground. Having only 5 strips of yellow light to show the spread, emphasises the correlations between darkness and light.
- If light = good,
- then dark = bad
We see how the dark olive greens eat away at this yellow light, slowly devouring the light till light breaks down and shrivels at the end. Further making parallelisations, it can be seen how the works of the devil scrummaging against god.
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