Exhibition: Interwoven Impressions
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About the exhibition
Interwoven Impressions is a joint exhibition with Madlena Cavelti and Jane Weinmann. Located in the Moosmatt-Schulhaus, Voltastrasse 35, 6005 Luzern, the exhibition can be viewed by appointment from 20th May to 20th September.
A shared vision
Although our approaches are different, Madlena and I share a love for nature and the initmate landscape. In the natural world, much is interconnected, interwoven, and therefore dependent on one another. Branches, leaves, trees, flowers, water, and landscape intermingle and merge. Using techniques such layering, mirroring and intentional camera movement we capture the essence of the natural landspace in images that feel both delicate and powerful, poetic and compelling.
Interwoven Impressions does not present a direct depiction of reality, but opens a space in which perception, memory, and imagination flow into one another.
About my images
I am presenting images from six series which explore the idea of interwoven impressions in different ways.
Using a process of duplication and mirroring, I transform photographs of branches taken against the sky into layered, abstract images. Although the three series share a similar point of departure, the resulting works are visually distinct, each reflecting different ideas, moods, and influences that I wish to evoke.
The mirrored images are precise and ordered, yet at the same time they appear mysteriously organic, unfamiliar, and strange. What interests me is the moment when something that may first seem merely decorative gradually becomes more complex. On closer and repeated looking, unexpected forms begin to emerge from the patterns: animal faces, imagined creatures, and almost otherworldly figures.
These forms are not planned in advance; they arise through the process itself. For me, this is where the fascination lies: in the connection between chance and perception, and in the way the mind searches for something familiar within abstract images.
Autumn Glory
Taken in autumn, the luminous golden tones of the leaves against a pale grey sky recall the precious gold embroidery of zardozi, as well as the exquisite ornamentation of traditional bridal garments, religious vestments, and coronation robes. The intricate patterns appear both bold and delicate, carrying a deeper symbolic dimension: they evoke local flora and fauna, as well as cultural traditions and visual storytelling.
Autumn Glory #1
Autumn Glory #2
Autumn Glory #3
Autumn Glory #4
Woodland Mosaics
In Woodland Mosaics, sunlight falls on multicolored leaves whose intense glow and rich color recall stained glass windows. Like Byzantine mosaics, as well as Persian and Kashmiri carpets, these bold colourful compositions combine detailed patterns and balanced symmetrical structures.
Woodland Mosaics #1
Woodland Mosaics #2
Woodland Mosaics #3
Woodland Mosaics #4
Winter Filigree
Winter Filigree is a quieter series, reflecting the winter months of rest, waiting and recovery. These images are inspired by the Swiss art of intricate paper-cutting, the bare trees becoming delicate, filigree-like structures. I use a faint blue palette to evoke the cold and quiet of the season, while indistinct edges echo the winter fog that hangs in the treetops. The mirroring in each image again creates a symmetry that again recalls the harmony and balance of Middle Eastern art. The effect is both calming and mesmerizing—orderly yet complex. Like the Rorschach tests however, each image act as a mechanism of revelation inviting the viewer to move between recognition and projection.
Winter Filigree #1
Winter Filigree #2
Winter Filigree #3
Winter Filigree #4
Winter Filigree #5
Winter Filigree #6
Winter Filigree #7
Winter Filigree #8
Winter Filigree #9
Fluid Shores
Fluid shores explores the shoreline—the meeting place of land and lake. Inspired by Impressionist artists such as Monet, gesture, colour, and rhythm take precedence over detail. And rather than defined edges, the images capture movement and light, creating transient spaces where colours and hues dissolve and merge. Intentional camera movement, with its visible brushstrokes, further enhances the painterly abstraction and the fleeting sensory impression of the moment. Fluid Shores invites the viewer to experience the shoreline not as a fixed line, but as a dynamic interplay of colour, light, and perception.
Fluid Shores #1
Fluid Shores #2
Fluid Shores #3
Fluid Shores #4
Fluid Shores #5
Fluid Shores #6
Fluid Shores #7
Fluid Shores #8
'Plain' Trees
Plane trees and anything but “plain”!
Ever present in urban areas, it’s easy to overlook the magnificence and hard-working service these trees provide. They are tough enough to survive city conditions amenable to heavy pruning, tolerant of vandalism, neglect and the polluted atmosphere of cities around the world. We often take them for granted even as they provide shade and cooling and absorb the pollution we generate. In this series therefore I want to create an impression of the beauty and grace of these trees. Each image is a double exposure of a tree interwoven with the distinctive pattern of their bark.
"Plain" trees #1
"Plain" trees #2
"Plain" trees #3
"Plain" trees #4
Magia Temporis
Magia Temporis literally means “the magic of time” — or the magic of a particular moment in time. These images arise from fortuitous, serendipitous moments. It may be the particular light, the atmosphere, the color of an instant, or the interplay of all these elements. Sometimes, however, you see a scene and immediately sense that something special will emerge from it.
Magia Temporis #1
Magia Temporis #1