Good Citizen Gallery: Friday, 20 November 2009
Opening Reception Friday November 20, 6 – 10 pm
Eric Troffkin: NOT REAL - New sculptures and photographs
November 20 – December 19 2009
Gallery Hours: Friday and Saturday noon - 5pm
Eric Troffkin's working process originates with his fascination with small everyday details that he senses have deeper meanings. The works for NOT REAL derived from the phenomenon of lens flare, the stray flashes of light that rebound inside a camera and result in ghostly geometric shapes appearing in photographs, film, and video. These beautiful appearances of light caught Troffkin's eye and he soon began to notice them intentionally placed into films, videos and animations during post-production for dramatic effect and to add a sense of truthfulness to a scene. Even though they are "not real", they attest to the presence, either actual or hypothetical, of a camera.
As a sculptor primarily concerned with the production of objects, Troffkin made it his goal to create "real" versions of lens flares and use them as the foundation elements for NOT REAL. The work for this exhibition utilizes these "real" lens flares, fabricated in the plastic and foam materials of film industry prop makers. These objects, realized in three-dimensions, are also the basis for a series of photographs. By creating "real" lens flares, Troffkin has re-interpreted their "original" cousins, whose reality does not belong in our actual three-dimensional world, but to an alternative world of recorded imagery.
Eric Troffkin: NOT REAL - New sculptures and photographs
November 20 – December 19 2009
Gallery Hours: Friday and Saturday noon - 5pm
Eric Troffkin's working process originates with his fascination with small everyday details that he senses have deeper meanings. The works for NOT REAL derived from the phenomenon of lens flare, the stray flashes of light that rebound inside a camera and result in ghostly geometric shapes appearing in photographs, film, and video. These beautiful appearances of light caught Troffkin's eye and he soon began to notice them intentionally placed into films, videos and animations during post-production for dramatic effect and to add a sense of truthfulness to a scene. Even though they are "not real", they attest to the presence, either actual or hypothetical, of a camera.
As a sculptor primarily concerned with the production of objects, Troffkin made it his goal to create "real" versions of lens flares and use them as the foundation elements for NOT REAL. The work for this exhibition utilizes these "real" lens flares, fabricated in the plastic and foam materials of film industry prop makers. These objects, realized in three-dimensions, are also the basis for a series of photographs. By creating "real" lens flares, Troffkin has re-interpreted their "original" cousins, whose reality does not belong in our actual three-dimensional world, but to an alternative world of recorded imagery.
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