Single Surface

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...In these works, the artists explore the ways that photography transforms three-dimensional objects into shapes on a two-dimensional surface.

The photographers in this exhibition have come together out of a shared interest in exploring the dialogue between two and three dimensions, and the materials and processes by which photographs are reproduced, transformed, and seen. Photographs can be endlessly manipulated, repeated and shared, each time producing a variation of the same original. The four artists have taken this technical freedom as a starting point to experiment with their images, creating artworks that embrace the materials and processes used to create them.

Callum Beaney & Eugenie Shinkle experimented with multiple photocopies of simple assemblies made from wooden blocks. Though the project began as an exploration of spatial perception, the duo came to treat the photocopies themselves as raw material from which to create new multi-image assemblies. Eva Louisa Jonas took a black backdrop from her studio and laid folded sheets of blank paper on it to produce an illusion of depth, like shapes floating in a void. These materials represent both ends of her production process: the paper on which she shoots her still-lifes, and the paper on which she prints the photographs. Koji Kitagawa repeatedly xeroxed an old family photograph of three puppies, randomly changing the xerox machine’s settings in the process. The colours and textures vary; some are soft and inviting, others sharp, distorted and other-worldly, changing the way the image appears. Each iteration warps the original memory, but also creates a new one.