Confusion, by Janinne WolfsohnHardness, weight, transparency. The resistance of the material is challenged to the extent that, thanks to its... Read More
Confusion, by Janinne WolfsohnHardness, weight, transparency. The resistance of the material is challenged to the extent that, thanks to its treatment in sheets, the body becomes penetrable by light, by wind, by the gaze.The work invites us on a spectral journey, where the image appears and disappears before our eyes, eclipsing itself from one step to another in a sparkle between figure and background.This is inscribed in space as a sort of material hologram. However, the optical game that unfolds in the viewer's movement moves away from the desire for holographic completeness. When trying to encompass the sculpture by surrounding it, it is pierced, emptied. Instead of the different points of view showing a more complete picture, what they do is just the opposite: the appearance and disappearance. Even so, "the movement of the 'appearance' does not break the evidence of the thing"1.My intention is to display in this sculpture a game between objecthood and appearance: that it can be camouflaged with the environment (as an act of silent resistance) or be show the solid splendor of his profile. Time is constituted in the journey.In the process of making this work, I developed an almost topographical technique with stainless steel, preceded by classical modeling and technology (3D scanning).The choice of material is not arbitrary: the hardness, weight and specularity of the steel are linked to the forceful presence of the head.The previous modeling of the piece in geometric planes benefits digitization techniques, since it accentuates the rhythm of light and shadow and generates a vibration.The head is made up of 121 stainless steel planes and 121 air spaces. Their accumulation generates confusion: while they appear orderly arranged, as we surround them, we find form in the void and confusion takes over the situation.The superposition of plates as clusters allows us to think plastically about the binomial matter-air. As a result, the measurement of the steel plate and the air is the same.