Inspiration:
Firstly, I was captivated by Alvin Lucierโs 1969 composition โI Am Sitting In A Roomโ because it conveys the evolution of sound through a very simple repeated and controlled process. Beginning as speech, quickly degrades to unintelligible reverberation, before ending as simple tones as the feedback loop amplifies the resonances of the room.
With this I began to think about and hoped to achieve this notion of repetition and change within a visual and aesthetically pleasing field, using images differentiating from one another using techniques and actions of repetition. I was stuck for a while until realising I could apply to this to photography, ultimately long-exposure photography. The idea of light painting was aroused whereby I had shown great interest in Pablo Picassoโs light painting works (1949).
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