Anyway, I went back to Cockatoo Island with fellow club member Jenny and while she took some good pics I played in the puddles. Those of you who remember the works of that famous French photographer "Vous connaissez l'homme la" and his photo "The Decisive Step" Well, this isn't it. So I'll call mine "le pas indecisif" Excuse the lack of cedillas and accents.
Then I thought to myself, I'll show them what a minimalist picture can look like." Well, it looks rather like a metal down pipe attached to a corrugated iron wall as you can see.
The decision to manufacture this image was to extoll the energy in upwardly forced perspectives while at the same time attempting to show the downward balancing energy that is found in every system; here the resonance is allegorised by falling rain that is itself exemplified by the sole down pipe, emphatically uncorrected for lens distortion. It is represented by a slight slash, a Saracen arc, if you will, that showcases the one feature in this otherwise barren minimalist landscape. It celebrates Fontana, the great Argentine slasher whose incisive work is in Tate Modern in London.
Minimalism? I'll show you minimalism!
We've got a competition later in the year on Special Effects so I may put the following picture in.
Fun, isn't it? As you've probably already guessed, it is the above minimalist piccy with one or two little tweaks along the way. The down pipe is at about 6 o'clock.
And Fontana was an Argentine artist who specialised in cutting canvas quickly yet decisively to show balanced space. Every time I visit London I make a pilgrimage to Tate Modern to see his profoundly simple, clever, and beautiful work.
Seriously. I do.
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