APR. 01 - Aug. 06, 2022 - NO SOLID BODY IS LIGHTER THAN AIR
OPENING
April 01, 2022, 6-9pm
DURATION
April 01 - August 06, 2022
ABOUT
A toenail becomes a moon, the soot from an oil lamp flame the substrate for negatives, and specks of dust on paper become the cosmos in this exhibition of recent photographic works by Daniel Hojnacki. The artist employs a variety of approaches to the camera apparatus and darkroom printing techniques to slowly and poetically situate ourselves within the universe.
there are ways to dissolve with(in) the space of recognizing time, to be an
observer of that which can not be fully explained, to recognize (we) are suspended dust,
or a breath, slowly filtering through the air.
we are made up of microscopic dry particles in suspension;
somewhere between a pulverized moistness and air.
a solid seemingly lighter than the atmosphere
i arch my camera up, blindly, breathing
a young moon in the old moon’s arms
two bodies simultaneously evaporating together.
a vapor of my breath, a rising and falling tide,
becoming a body of water again,
becoming lighter
my chest falls and the camera falls with it.
i close my eyes, feel a cool breeze
a calming sensation of catching the breath, holding,
then releasing
you are a mirror bouncing to me,
and i am also a mirror reflecting you.
PRESS CONTACT
For more information and for high resolution images, please contact the gallery at abq@birds-richard.xyz.