Kirsten Kay Theon recently won the new
Humble Arts Foundation Grant and she deserved it. I love the three dimensional quality of her images and the way her images relate to their newly formed geometric shapes. I am stirred by her concern with human interaction and the physical world, as it diminishes and is put aside for video games and life spent on the computer. But she will tell you all of this much more eloquently.
“Many pictures turn out to be limp translations of the known world instead of vital objects which create an intrinsic world of their own.” – Robert Heinecken (1932-2006)
Metamorph
The words of the self-proclaimed ‘para-photographer’ evoke the grounds for my formal explorations with photography. My creative process is largely informed by my concern with the impact of accelerating technologies on human perceptions of and relationships to nature.
My relationship to photography is a transformative one. The images in this portfolio document my experimental process of reworking nature-based imagery into nature-inspired, three-dimensional, forms. I am particularly attracted to creating an elevated experience of photography. Sacred geometry, alchemy, and architectural philosophies of visionaries such as Rudolph Steiner are key to the development of my work. Together my pieces assemble a personal vision of a contemporary nature culture.
