Night Watch
two-channel stop motion animation with clay and light | 2m22s continuous loop each channel | 426 stills each channel | 3840 x 2160 px | no audio | 2024
two-channel stop motion animation with clay and light | 2m22s continuous loop each channel | 426 stills each channel | 3840 x 2160 px | no audio | 2024
A curatorial guidance in the form of the idea that the night sky accepts projections of all our hopes and dreams, irrespective of many considerations that in other contexts accumulate to produce divisions, made me think about what it would look like if this permissive list included animals.
Are animals even aware of the lights in the sky? If they are, I propose that they have become so by noticing at first shimmering reflections in a shallow puddle. I represent this scene with photographic recordings from two cameras. I want to keep an ambiguity regarding the human presence. This might be a world of excessive surveillance, with multiple tracking devices. because visuality doesn't follow the logic of a reality that would also refer to us. But for both cases, the one who would benefit the most from the poetry behind this fictive narrative is the human being, provided he is attentive, sensitive and caring.
Are animals even aware of the lights in the sky? If they are, I propose that they have become so by noticing at first shimmering reflections in a shallow puddle. I represent this scene with photographic recordings from two cameras. I want to keep an ambiguity regarding the human presence. This might be a world of excessive surveillance, with multiple tracking devices. because visuality doesn't follow the logic of a reality that would also refer to us. But for both cases, the one who would benefit the most from the poetry behind this fictive narrative is the human being, provided he is attentive, sensitive and caring.
EXHIBITION HISTORY
2025 solo show Soul, Air, Animal, curated by Kassandra Catrinescu, “Horia Bernea” Exhibition Hall, Ipoteşti Memorial − “Mihai Eminescu” National Center for Studies, Ipoteşti Village, Botoşani County, RO
2024 group show Observator, curated by Florin Bobu & Delia Bulgaru, tranzit.ro/ Iași, RO
2025 solo show Soul, Air, Animal, curated by Kassandra Catrinescu, “Horia Bernea” Exhibition Hall, Ipoteşti Memorial − “Mihai Eminescu” National Center for Studies, Ipoteşti Village, Botoşani County, RO
2024 group show Observator, curated by Florin Bobu & Delia Bulgaru, tranzit.ro/ Iași, RO