Ontological Gate

Ontology: the inanimate, the biological, the psychological and the spiritual - exemplary controversies, contradictions, and emerging confluences. I know. If I want to explain it to an inquirer, I do not know. But one thing I know is real: this evasive, timeless notion. It manifests a resemblance to something rather ‘spiritual’ in both flavour and texture. Momentous waves of something ‘probable’ which curl in a void and crash to a convergence of semblance…



“The self is only a threshold, a door, a becoming 
between two multiplicities “

                                     _ Gilles Deleuze

EDITIONS

  • The photographs are artist-made prints on aluminium, in formats ranging from 30 × 40 in to 150 × 120 cm.

  • The making of the series is attentive to light, texture, and gesture: each shot arises from moments when surfaces subtly shift, when the eye might glance away but lingers.

  • The editions are limited, signed, and presented with a sense of intimacy and pause, rather than spectacle.

  • Size: 30 × 40 in to 150 × 120 cm.

  • Material: High-quality aluminum

  • Finish: Gloss with natural sheen

  • Edition: Open

  • Publication: Book 98pp

DESCRIPTION

Ontology: the inanimate, the biological, the psychological and the spiritual - exemplary controversies, contradictions, and emerging confluences. I know. If I want to explain it to an inquirer, I do not know. But one thing I know is real: this evasive and timeless notion. It manifests a resemblance to something rather ‘spiritual’ in both flavour and texture. 

Momentous waves of something ‘probable’ curl in a void and crash to a convergence of semblance and are soon thereafter scattered into a fathomless void. It has the character of a temporal truth. The deliberate bending and distortion of space create a dramatic illusion that suggests the existence of the unseen. Its shadow escapes from the body like an animal we had been sheltering. For, after all, how do we know that the force of gravity…