"Patterns and Tones for A Paper Ballet"

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At the heart of Patterns and Tones for A Paper Ballet is a four-part photographic series referencing the structure of a four-act play. These images act as dimensional tableaux, with figures inhabiting constructed proscenium spaces, animated by handmade paper objects and enigmatic narrative symbols. The works are inspired in part by Oskar Schlemmer’s avant-garde Triadic Ballet (c.1920), whose explorations of costumed geometry and the mystical potential of modern aesthetics find new resonance here in Green’s compositions. Presented in a dimly lit passage with a single, moving light source, the monochromatic, abstract “pattern relief” elements of the series become dynamic participants in the performance. As shadows slip across the surfaces, the works oscillate between stasis and movement, presence, and absence — creating a spatial rhythm that feels both intimate and theatrical, as though consciousness resides in geometry itself. Incorporating Constructivist ideas in the work to convey universal laws that the elements of lines, colors and shapes possess their own forces of expression, bound up with human emotion. In dialogue with these pieces is Silent Symphony, a sculptural installation of “tone reliefs” that engages the sensory imagination through implied sound. Constructed entirely from handmade paper pulp, wood, and molds, the classical instruments in this work appear poised mid-performance. In the absence of audible music, their material presence activates a surreal, cognitive echo — a silent score composed of gesture, tension, and expectation. Throughout the exhibition, Green’s meticulous use of handmade processes and geometric abstraction interrupts the traditional flatness of the photographic plane, expanding two- dimensional imagery into tactile, sculptural form. The works traverse themes of memory, movement, and perception, inviting audiences to experience a choreographed relationship between light, material, and implied narrative.