Castell Photography

From the Artist: Lauren Semivan

There’s only a few weeks left to see the captivating staged works from Lauren Semivan, here’s some words from the artist herself:

“The staged photograph exists as a document of a preconceived, imagined event. It can be compared to a scientific apparatus, utilizing both control and the unknown. My ongoing body of work Observatory combines drawing, an archive of objects, and the human presence as a narrative tool.

In scientific disciplines, a line is classified as an event. Something as primitive as a scrawl on a surface reveals an aggregate of events, intersecting and changing course. Drawings made on the seamless back- drop describe an emotional space.Science is inherently experiential, as is art making. Knowing and feeling are not separate, and the whole of the environment can be used as a pedagogic instrument. Obser- vatory elegantly draws upon a tension that exists between irrational and physical worlds.

Within each image, ghosts of previous drawings create a sense of time suspended, evoking gesture, atmo- sphere and memory. Photographs allow me to access the extraordinary, to keep a record of dreams, and to employ the uses of the unknown.

My interest in photography is interdisciplinary and synergistic, informed by the written word, painting, drawing, sculpture, and the raw material of human experience. All images are made using an early 20th century 8x10” view camera, then large format negatives are scanned and printed without digital manipulation.”

We are thrilled to have the work of Lauren Semivan in the gallery, and will surely be sad to see these stunning and unique works leave. Come check them out one last time at next weekends art walk, or during our regular business hours (wednesday-friday12-6, saturday 12-7). All of her work can also be seen on our web site. 

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