wilson hurst

latent image intensification

T raveling through the night on foot, with the shutter open and a pinhole pointed forward, energy accumulates. There is no definitive explanation of what your imagination can make you see and feel. But a narrative version of the temporal experience is registered as colored lights hypnotize.

“There is no logical way to the discovery of these elemental laws. There is only the way of intuition, which is helped by a feeling for the order lying behind the appearance.” - Albert Einstein

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A n oxidation patina has formed on the surface of a green painted utility mailbox exposed to atmospheric weather conditions. Precisely defined as the loss of at least one electron when two or more substances interact, on a molecular level oxygen burns up the free radicals contained in the paint. This creates a dull chalky residue, which can be marked with a finger wipe, leaving symbols in the form of cryptic messages.

“I get mail; therefore I am.” - Scott Adams

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A ppearing like a black and white lithograph that is hand colored, this iconic scene references Currier and Ives, the successful 19th century printmaking company. Calling itself "the Grand Central Depot for Cheap and Popular Prints," the firm pioneered assembly line production by utilizing division of artistic labor. Each colorist was responsible for adding a single color to the print. As one color was finished, the print was passed down the line to the next worker who added another color. Capitalistic art put through a refining process to produce an end product appropriate for onward consumption.

“All business proceeds on beliefs, or judgments of probabilities, and not on certainties.” - Charles W. Eliot

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U ltimately, the very condition of representation as an abstract form of energy and thought can be rendered as an image that exists separately from its material substance. Considered as a way of sensing and then responding to potential based on visual appearance of energy interaction with matter, optical systems can function as process pathways to experience visualizations independent of associations, attributes, or concrete accompaniments.

“An absolute can only be given in an intuition, while all the rest has to do with analysis.” - Henri Bergson

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H uge imposing edifice constructions project power. Similar vertical structures in close proximity inform each other's appearance. The grid continues in western culture as a dominant design modality. Converging lines in linear perspective provide spatial clues. The atmosphere modulates light based on relative position to the energy source and distance traversed. Aesthetic response to complementary colors seems innately biological.

“Any great art work … revives and readapts time and space, and the measure of its success is the extent to which it makes you an inhabitant of that world - the extent to which it invites you in and lets you breathe its strange, special air.” - Leonard Bernstein

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T o allow selective concentration of exclusively important information, humans ignore much of the environmental field of view. Sensory system stimulation is much greater than resulting perceptual awareness. Cognitively redefining the conventions of the significant, more of existence becomes available for contemplation.

“The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.” - Stephen R. Covey

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O nce again, The Davis Theatre in Higginsville is in danger of closing. This time it is due to movie studios phasing out 35 mm film, forcing theaters to switch to digital projection equipment, at a cost of $70,000 or more per screen. For a town with a population of only 4,700, this may be an insurmountable expense.

“Time is free, but it's priceless. You can't own it, but you can use it. You can't keep it, but you can spend it. Once you've lost it you can never get it back.” - Harvey MacKay

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T wo years ago, I worked on a series of abstract images that came to be named the “Framed” project. Primarily addressing interior distinctiveness influenced by exterior environments, a simple rectangle shape made from one image capture was positioned within a larger marginal rectangular area comprised of a second image capture. The interface juncture of awareness at the point of contact defines experience as the membrane transport mechanism between internal and external reality understanding. Here I revisit this concept with a single image of an access panel on a plain.

“It is now time to make it unclear - To write off lines that don't make sense - I love myself better than you - I know it's wrong so what should I do?” - Kurt Cobain

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