Romance of Elements
Torchlight, Neuseeland
Artwork text and archival details
Adapted from the artist’s archive.
Moonlight lies over a quiet New Zealand landscape while a spiral of fire follows the course of a riverbed. The luminous trace occupies a place where water is expected, bringing the elements into an unfamiliar relationship. The landscape remains recognisable, but its apparent order has changed.
Part of Romance of Elements, this land-art photograph uses the passage of light to reflect on balance and transformation. The fire suggests an arrival of energy within an established system: something that unsettles the existing arrangement and makes another possible. The scene leaves open whether that disturbance is disruptive, renewing, or both.
Format and edition details from the archive
✔ 60 × 90 cm, Edition 4/5 + 2 AP | ✔ 80 × 120 cm, Edition 4/5 + 2 AP
✦ Signed, titled and numbered, with a certificate
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Further information from the artwork archive
Archive title: Torchlight, Neuseeland
| Größe Werk | 60 × 90 cm |
| Auflage | 5 Exemplare (+ 2 AP), hier Nr. 4 |
| Jahr | 2006 |
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