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Selective Absorption: Xanthopsia 202

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Description

Concept: The Work as Process This project is based on an allegory: just as the selective absorption of light creates the color we perceive, the artist and the viewer selectively absorb elements of the original work, of reality, and of their own inner world to generate a new meaning. The work is therefore no longer the finished object, but the process of dynamic dialogue between the original, its reinterpretation, the artist, and the audience. Analysis of the Approach 1. Selective Absorption: From Physics to Metaphysics The concept is divided into three levels: - Physical: The starting point is the phenomenon where a medium absorbs certain wavelengths of light and diffuses others, creating the perceived color. - Artistic: This principle is transposed to the reinterpretation of "Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat." I preserve recognizable fragments of Van Gogh (his posture, snatches of his face) that act as anchor points. The rest is "absorbed" by my subjectivity and reemerges as gestural abstraction, an inner landscape. It is not a destruction, but a transmutation. - Philosophical: Selective absorption becomes the metaphor of human perception. Our mind constantly filters reality. The work exposes this mechanism by simultaneously showing the given (Van Gogh) and the interpreted (abstraction), making us aware of our own filters. 2. Dialogue with Van Gogh: Strata and Xanthopsia My work is a conversation across time that explores the underlying layers of creation. - Xanthopsia (Yellow Vision): The title echoes Van Gogh's yellows and transforms a medical symptom into a utopian quest: "finding positivity even in dark moments." It is an act of empathy, an attempt to perceive the world through an altered and intensified sensibility, like his own. - Layers and Duality: Abstraction is not layered, it is revealed. It is as if an archaeological "scraping" uncovers the raw energy beneath the figurative surface. A fundamental duality emerges: - Figurative vs. Abstract - Past vs. Present - Harmony vs. Tension 3. Hybridization: Physical and Digital Subculture The mixed media is a conceptual statement. Acrylic on canvas anchors the work in materiality; its photography and digital animation effect the transition from atom to bit. The minimalist animation, cyclical and hypnotic, is part of digital culture: - Remix Culture: The work acts like a philosophical GIF, isolating and looping an icon to create a new meaning. - Lo-fi Aesthetic: The "handmade" sensibility of animation emphasizes the visible process over the perfection of the result. - Interface-Work: The screen becomes an interface that invites the viewer to project their own mental landscape onto it. Conclusion: Rereading as Continuous Creation This project explores how contemporary art can dialogue with history to extract and reactivate universal principles. Using selective absorption as a central metaphor, I construct a work that is both an analysis of perception and an interactive device. The hybridization of techniques translates the timelessness of the inner quest into the vocabulary of our time. Perhaps the greatest value of art lies not in what it is, but in what it inspires us to become and create within it. ________________________________________________________________ Tribute to Van Gogh : «Autoportrait au chapeau de paille » (collection Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands / Bridgeman Images) 2160 x 3840 px / 4K MP4 / 184 Mo / 8 fps / 1/1 édition