What world do we see? Does the medium influence how we interpret it?
Traditionally, photography reflects a world that often seems no longer directly accessible to us. Through technological development, humanity has lost its primal ability to truly interact with reality. This shift occurs in how our minds interpret sensory input. We can imagine it as a membrane in continuous, irregular, pulsating motion, happening in many places at once. This membrane constantly updates itself through a dialogue between its original form and an imagined one, past and future. This continuous redefinition of the world is the foundation for creating future concepts, a key tool of the human mind.
Through composite photography, this process becomes observable. Shapes we know, whose individuality has a distinct figure and sharp contour, lose their dominant characteristics in a broader perspective, becoming imperceptible. This process reveals a new value: the order of a single form blurs to outline the energy of a larger entity. Everything again becomes questionable, too little known, and uncertain. Alien, unknown, and thus desirable.
Currently, we are at the beginning of a journey—a journey towards new tensions between the boundaries of object perceptions. These perceptions, their shapes, and subtle shades are still blurry, undefined. Yet, I believe we are seeing correctly, and this blurriness doesn't stem from a lack of data. The continuous flow and interpenetration of countless, palpable layers can be articulated through visual language. This fluidity seems to be a fundamental characteristic of reality, manifesting directly within the human mind. By incorporating one's own figure, we solidify to approach our own fluidity, transcending all other values. We begin to perceive something characterized by a lack of defined shape—something that cannot be unambiguously inscribed into space using current conceptual tools.
Through the DOTS project, I aim to examine future shapes. I'm curious about the influence of exploring formlessness on human perception. How can we interpret the world through new shapes marked by a loss of sharpness?