KENOPSIA
2015
EN
Kenopsia:
*n.* the eerie, forlorn atmosphere of a place that’s usually bustling with people but is now abandoned and quiet—an emotional afterimage that makes it seem not just empty but hyper-empty, with a total population in the negative, who are so conspicuously absent they glow like neon signs.
*From the ' The dictionary of obscure sorrows.'By John koenigs
Parting from this made up word of Greek origin, *kenosis* "empty" + *opsia*"watch", this series of photographs try to enact the state of emptiness, varing from emotional to spatial. From what once held it's vitality and glory to a state of decay and abandonment. The spirit and energy that lingers is represented by the observation and juxtaposition of the model with the remaining objects.
2015
EN
Kenopsia:
*n.* the eerie, forlorn atmosphere of a place that’s usually bustling with people but is now abandoned and quiet—an emotional afterimage that makes it seem not just empty but hyper-empty, with a total population in the negative, who are so conspicuously absent they glow like neon signs.
*From the ' The dictionary of obscure sorrows.'By John koenigs
Parting from this made up word of Greek origin, *kenosis* "empty" + *opsia*"watch", this series of photographs try to enact the state of emptiness, varing from emotional to spatial. From what once held it's vitality and glory to a state of decay and abandonment. The spirit and energy that lingers is represented by the observation and juxtaposition of the model with the remaining objects.
SP
Kenopsia:
*m.* La sobrecogedora atmósfera triste de un lugar que normalmente se llena de gente, pero ahora está abandonado.
*John Koenigs, 'El diccionario de los dolores obscuros'
Partiendo de esta palabra inventada de origen griego *kenosis* "vacío" + *opsia* "ver", esta serie intenta recrear el estado
del vacío y la melancolía contrastando el imaginario de la vitalidad de lo que pudo ser en su explendor en los objetos abandonados.
El espitiru y energia que perdura de su antigua vitalidad y gloria se representa por observación y yuxtaposición del modelo con los objetos.
