Analyses of twenty-four circular questions reflecting Akka's past, present, and future. The work was visually translated as a video installation art piece, featuring a montage of two videos, the circular questions lettering canvas, and a publication
Set Design
3D stimulation
Publication
32 x 23 cm
32 x 23 cm
240 page
Exposed Spine Binding
Exposed Spine Binding
The publication includes three appendices that enabled me to draw my own circle starting from the centre point, the core, and the middle, connecting all of the project's pieces. Forty lettering experiments are dispersed throughout the scenes
The radius, often referred to as the ray, is a light thread that illuminates the work and provokes questions by creating a path that connects all of the points that surround the circle at its centre. This appendix describes the steps taken to produce the finished artwork as well as the development of my circular concept
The Circle, the final appendix, provides a summary of the concept's highlights research, and investigation
appendices photos
Canon EOS 5D Mark II
24-105 mm
February 2023
Italy
Canon EOS 5D Mark II
24-105 mm
February 2023
Italy
Lettering Experiments
Forty-six lettering experiments, twenty words.
And a lot of trials and errors
Forty-six lettering experiments, twenty words.
And a lot of trials and errors
The Circular Questions
2.10 x 1.20 M
INK ON FABRIC
2.10 x 1.20 M
INK ON FABRIC
Process Documentation
Every part of the work raises a question, and the answers to these questions become clear as the work goes on. The video installation was designed to make people turn around it to see what the other video hides. At the start of these two videos, the first thing viewers are questioned is:
"Does my beginning predict my end,
or does my end predict my beginning?"
This question leads to more questions about where the beginning and end are, forming a spinning cloud of circular questions. This leads to the full book of scenes printed from what was seen in the videos (Discusses 20 questions of the artwork ), as well as lettering experiments and my investigation in discovering my circles, in a total of 21 questions of the artwork.
This brings up the twenty-second circular question:
"Is this my reality in imagination,
or is my imagination in reality?"
In the world of fantasy, everything in the work may be partly true, and in my reality, it may all be partly false. The audience is still left with the question of how they are connected in the realms of my imagination and reality.
To draw attention to the theme of circles, the twenty-third question appears on the hanging canvas behind the two TVs. It is made up of letters that form the question:
"How do I find my surroundings within my center,
and how do I find my center within my surroundings?"
Amidst all the questions, the clearest and most complete question about the circle stands out: "Where is my center in the midst of what surrounds me?" This makes 23 questions that are all linked to each other and represent the years of my life. They sum up my past and present in a circular way.
The piece ends with the twenty-fourth question, which is hidden within the fabric and ink and represents my future
"Where do my boundaries lie within the unlimited,
and where do I find the unlimited within my boundaries?"
"Does my beginning predict my end,
or does my end predict my beginning?"
This question leads to more questions about where the beginning and end are, forming a spinning cloud of circular questions. This leads to the full book of scenes printed from what was seen in the videos (Discusses 20 questions of the artwork ), as well as lettering experiments and my investigation in discovering my circles, in a total of 21 questions of the artwork.
This brings up the twenty-second circular question:
"Is this my reality in imagination,
or is my imagination in reality?"
In the world of fantasy, everything in the work may be partly true, and in my reality, it may all be partly false. The audience is still left with the question of how they are connected in the realms of my imagination and reality.
To draw attention to the theme of circles, the twenty-third question appears on the hanging canvas behind the two TVs. It is made up of letters that form the question:
"How do I find my surroundings within my center,
and how do I find my center within my surroundings?"
Amidst all the questions, the clearest and most complete question about the circle stands out: "Where is my center in the midst of what surrounds me?" This makes 23 questions that are all linked to each other and represent the years of my life. They sum up my past and present in a circular way.
The piece ends with the twenty-fourth question, which is hidden within the fabric and ink and represents my future
"Where do my boundaries lie within the unlimited,
and where do I find the unlimited within my boundaries?"