Tezos

Fluidity and the Knot of Life: Xanthopsia 216

Creator

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Description

The approach revolves around a **hybrid palimpsest**, a veritable archaeology of creation. The physicality of acrylic paint (material layer) and the flow of digital animation (temporal layer) are superimposed on the memory of Van Gogh's work (memory layer). The latter does not conceal, but rather reveals and sets in motion the preceding layers. Here, the artist forges the concept of "subrealist abstraction": a plunge not beyond reality (surrealism), but beneath it. The aim is not to represent Van Gogh, but to capture the primordial energy, the vital tension that precedes form, in a "sensory conversation" with the creative act. Philosophically, the work explores a temporal duality. The **fluidity** of the animation embodies the continuous flow of existence (*Chronos*). Conversely, the "Knot of Life" conceptualizes *Kairos*: the decisive moment, the tipping point where a choice alters a destiny. Each image of the animation, each brushstroke, becomes a metaphor for these existential crossroads. Thus, the work transforms from an aesthetic purpose into a **device for introspection**, catalyzing a dialogue between the viewer and their own inner world. The *Xanthopsia* ("yellow vision") collection transmutes a clinical symptom into an **alchemical metaphor**: a discipline of seeing that actively seeks light in darkness. The dialogue between Van Gogh's figurative style and subrealist abstraction traces a map of the psyche, where the conscious (the represented form) and the unconscious (the underlying creative impulses) coexist. Anchored in a **post-digital** culture, the work is resolutely hybrid. It celebrates the materiality of painting while augmenting it with digital technology. The choice of stop-motion animation stands as a poetic resistance to the smooth perfection of AI and computer-generated imagery, reintroducing a human and artisanal temporality into the heart of technology. "Fluidity and the Knot of Life" is a machine for thinking and feeling, demonstrating art's capacity to reinvent itself and pose eternal questions in the language of our time. Tribute to Vincent van Gogh: Still Life: Self-Portrait, Paris, Winter 1887/88 collection: Stiftung Sammlung E.G. Bührle 2160 x 3840 px / 4K MP4 / 184 MB / 8 fps / 1/1 edition

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