KENOPSIA
2015
Photographic print on paper, variable dimensions.
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
Photographic print on paper, variable dimensions.
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.
