Hello Everyone! It’s been a while since I’ve posted here. Mostly I’ve been busy with life; however, I’ve also set up a dedicated art portfolio—which is now live! You can check it out at windma.net.
After working on the Collage 26 hardcover prototype, I was emboldened to expand it into a full-length photobook, eponymously titled “Collage 26.” While working on it, I had the chance to think about what motivated to engage with collage. At the risk of waxing philosophic, to me collage-building inspires me to think about how memories (or dreams) are made. In this context, sensory experiences are like the building blocks that become assembled into fuller perceptions.
It is said that, when you remember an event, you are not recalling the actual memory but a memory of a memory. The type of collage work that I do seems to explore that idea, since the image is essentially constructed from random bits and pieces that eventually become full visual forms. At some point, the idea itself becomes assembled; this idea has a bit of memory, a bit of imagination—a bit of present moment, combined to form a work that can be interpreted myriad ways.
Digital photography functions in a similar way. One captures a specific moment; a particular perception, brought about by a state of heightened awareness. When one takes a photo, one is increasingly aware of the transience of life. So working with a photograph, the original idea is evoked, as well as one’s interpretation—could be of the original mood tied to the original moment, or the one that emerged on revisitation. Of course, there are myriad shades of perception driving that photographic transformation. But, for me, digital art follows that line of thinking.
So anywho! Collage 26 is now officially available through Amazon, as both e-book and paperback.
The e-book is currently FREE until May 28th!
The paperback is currently available at $14.99. I wish I could lower the price but, a lot of effort went into this artwork! Mostly I originally conceptualized Collage 26 as an exhibition contained in a book, so the paperback is the culmination of that endeavor. Of course, the same experience could be had with the electronic book, but we already stare at so many images through so many screens… a paperback exhibit is a nice change of pace.
Feel free to send me your comments, questions, or reviews (I would really appreciate this latter—!!) to hello@robmarielopez.com. Or, better yet, send them to Wind Ma at contact@windma.net. You can also follow (her) on Blue Sky! @windmanet.
