Arya Tabandehpoor
Untitled from the series Sleeps
2011-2014
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Sara YektapourSublimation
It is difficult to identify anything between the green and red pixels,. Points
that themselves have recorded the scene and also obscure it, leaving behind a
vague halo. It’s as if everything is on the verge of shattering; on the verge
of evaporating and turning into suspended particles.
The most formless element of the picture is the sleeping body. A body with
erased identity. A body we consider lifeless and experiencing a temporary
death. Death itself depends on the concept of stillness, but the process of
capturing (the photograph) contradicts death. Long exposure and the fading of
the body tell of nocturnal movements. Movements of a body that must have dreamt
the experiences of its restless soul. A dream which, if remembered after
waking, is a mixture of reality and illusion. Of elements that seem real but
are unbelievable. Of the hand hanging over the chair on the right and the
devouring darkness on the left. Of the bright reflection of the window on the
wall and the dark, seemingly empty triangle on the floor, and of the
half-finished paintings and their intersection with switches that, if turned
on, would burn the photograph entirely and end the dream. The end of death or
awakening.
