Editor's Note.
Fate? Or Chance? Is always the question. Were you at the right place at the right time, or were you pre-ordained to have, at 1.53am, met the love of your life, as you seemingly randomly decided to take a night walk to buy a tub of ice cream that you would eventually forget to buy? You had fallen asleep on the couch because today was the big speech, otherwise you would be snoring in bed right now. You woke with a start when a fire engine passed by, and you realized you had broken into a sweat. The night was hot, and when you opened your window to let the breeze in, you smelled something so raw and real, you felt an overwhelming desire to take a walk. And to eat ice cream. And there he was: Indian marigold tucked behind his ear, The Winter's Tale in one hand and... ice cream in another. Butterscotch with blueberries. Need I go on?
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By The Fuschia Tree, Issue 12, The Chance Issue, September 2012
Capsule is a series of five photographs shot inside a refrigerator. Eponymous with time, it depicts a controlled atmosphere in which all perishable life takes place. The escalators are reminiscent of malls or airports, or "places of transit that are zones not affected by the outside, in a sense blocking time out of its calculation, and at the same time adding an eerie familiarity of such sterile-like spaces we encounter in urban cities".
The lace doilies are placed as dollhouse carpets, introducing the delicate and the carefully cut into an atmosphere of hard steel and functionality.
The distortion of scale throws us off guard, leaves us disoriented, and forces us to confront our own mortality.
The lace doilies are placed as dollhouse carpets, introducing the delicate and the carefully cut into an atmosphere of hard steel and functionality.
The distortion of scale throws us off guard, leaves us disoriented, and forces us to confront our own mortality.
The refrigerator, perfected by Einstein, an anomalous machine to keep the perishable imperishable, uses a heat source to operate and maintains a constant pressure. Modern scientists argue that this may have been one of the most efficient designs, not using freons that contribute to climate change, and instead using pressurized butane to keep things cold. This may sound like science, which it is, but there will still be condensation. Reality and controlled environments are ultimately porous, because everything breathes. In this slip, is water, or art.
Also in this issue
Illusion: Seeing Beyond Seeing
Meaning: In Search of Significance.
Melody: A Different Tune
Rhythm: Ordering Time