Martina Nitsche  -   Statement

Scope Series

This body of work explores the desire to control that which cannot be controlled. The very process of creating these images requires me to experiment with composition, asymmetry, color and inevitable accidents. I am always looking for the smallest fragment from which a whole can be intuitively constructed.

The images are created by pouring chemicals directly onto photo emulsion, allowing the pigment to form its own shapes and edges. This is an intuitive, elastic process of give and take between my intentions and the materials' behavior which, in contrast to painting on top of an already sealed canvas, limits the complete control I might have over the final product.

Human Machine

This body of work explores the surface of our inner landscape that
represents the eternal of our life. As a series I create images that leads us through a journey which reencounters our self-identification, the true essence, hidden behind the mind.It is the visionary journey into landscapes of digitally polluted mind against a background of physical nature.

Using a combination of anatomical diagrams, photographs , organs and medical maps of veins, I create images that compels the viewer to see "into" him or herself, encouraging contemplation. As such, the images serve as a mirror that reflects both the fractured self of the material worldand, conversely, the unbroken continuum of the spiritual one.

The purpose of this project is to reflect and appreciate the sacredness of the
individual self, one's unity with poeple and cultures, and one's connectedness with the earth and universe.

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