DCKT Contemporary is pleased to present new photographs by JOSH AZZARELLA. AZZARELLA manipulates images from cinema, journalism and amateur photography. His photographs muddy the waters between the artificial beauty of a cinematic set and the inherent beauty of the natural landscape. Absent their most significant events,AZZARELLA’s images raise questions about how our society constructs a narrative of our collective history.
The installation Being here comprises three essential elements: an intervention made from beads, pins and threads, a carved wood sculpture and mechanical musical mechanisms.
Most visually stunning are the hundreds of tiny threads attached to the walls and floor of the gallery with an elaborate miniature pulley system involving pins and beads. All in parallel, they form a fragile surface winding through the room – at once monumental and barely visible. The colour spectrum transforms in luminescence, tone and color as you move around it. The different tones of natural light entering the room let the work appear to be in constant flux, changing throughout each day and each season turning from vibrant to invisible.
Read more about the work here. Mark Garry is based in Dublin.
