Figuratively Articulated Argument

„Digital image is not traditional. The material track isn´t recorded on a medium like in painting when a paint is applied on a canvass or when an image is recorded on a sensitive to light layer of a negative in analogue photography. A digital image can be partly or even completely deficient of this material track. It creates a sequence of abstract values. The sequence of abstract values is independent of its medium, pictured reality and the presence of the imaged object. The image in a digital form is randomly changeable. Without subsequent losses caused by transmission or manipulation. In processing of such image appears, in the words of Timothy Binkley „freedom of endless forgiveness“. It means that all changes can be retracted without consequences to the definitive result.“

artistsBára Mrázková
placeEntrance Gallery
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castBára Mrázková
cameraEva Jiřička
soundEva Jiřička
editingEva Jiřička
interviewEva Jiřička
translationTereza Stejskalová
published12. 4. 2012
languageČesky / English
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Figuratively Articulated Argument
Jiří Thýn approaches the photographic medium, objects, site-specific installations, and video installations intuitively. In his own words, he tries to work with photography as if he were painting. This allows him to express himself authentically and emotionally through gestures. The author also draws digitally with a computer cursor, without striving for consistent perfection. He is now looking for a way to work with photography in a completely immediate way, moving toward the principle of chance in the digital process. The exhibition Silence, Torso, Presence encourages quiet reflection, contemplation of the perception of time not only in photography but also in the history of sculpture, and reflection on "torsos" which, although they evoke heaviness, refer to the basic forms and principles of our existence.