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an explanation

"Regarding the discordant elements in my work, I think this is something that has slowly crept into my work, semi-consciously. When an abstract idea such as art is placed under the microscope of language it becomes something else. Much like the western empirical approach of the laboratory, which paradoxically is and is not the experience. That is, to observe an element of nature outside its nature, offers only part of the experience. Surely, when a piece of art is scrutinized to criticism and analyses, it shifts into a different realm. In the case of my work, I had people sharing their opinion on art, its meaning and purpose. Some of the answers were contradictory, in battle with someone elses opinion. In other cases, there was a common ground. My interest is how, through a common idea, art in this case, so many different opinions arise. Although perceptions differ, all are speaking on a single theme. Imagine we are looking at a diamond. But we are standing opposite one another. Y...

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right you are #36

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"Pull it down, drag it down Till the hopes and dreams of all the ages Past are shattered on the ground" NMA

far from it

Read Books animation

The following animation was made in collaboration with Daphne . The brief for her art direction project asked to create an animation for promoting the reading of literature. Daphne drew and all the elements in Illustrator and Photoshop while I did the animation in After Effects.

Empyrean Speculum

Does humor belong in art and can it make an equally strong statement? The question is rhetoric. Visit Jonathan Gilhooly's website and read the review by Micheál O'Connell here .

archetypes

Collaborative work between Daphne and I. These three interactive pieces relate to the theories of archetypes by Carl Jung. Although there are many, we picked the shadow, the mother and the anima. It is a humorous approach and we hope that they're seen in that way. These small pieces will hopefully drive one to find out more about Jung's theories which personally I find very interesting and glaring of truth (even though placed on the side and considered fairly outdated by mainstream psychology). One should also be patient for the files to load, they're a bit large. If one wants to view them at their actual size then go here . or here . or mere . Also be on the lookout for Daphne's 'Carl's Archetypes' which should be posted soon enough on her blog .