Water and Oneness: Conference: Ansel Adams: at the Waters Edge. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich

David Williams

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Conference: Ansel Adams: at the Water's Edge. National maritime Museum

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WATER AND ONENESS

Water, with its lyrical and symbolic potential is a long established vehicle for dealing with metaphysical concerns in the context of visual art. Ansel Adams himself was highly sensitive to such potential. Whilst acknowledging historical precedent, my presentation, by focussing on extracts from three bodies of ‘water inspired’ work, will highlight contemporary photographic strategies I have employed with the aim of addressing that most ineffable of concepts, non-duality. In this respect, typology, seriality, and composite image juxtaposition will all play their part.

Although paradoxically, by definition almost impossible to define, nonetheless non-duality ‘describe[s] the reality that there is only oneness arising as everything and that there is no separation.’ (Sylvester, 2006:80) Within the parameters of contemporary visual art practice, and more specifically, capitalising upon certain approaches afforded uniquely by the medium of photography, the overall intention of my work is to subvert inter-related dualistic notions of time, space and self.


Richard Sylvester (2006) I Hope You Die Soon/Words on Non-Duality. Salisbury: Non-Duality Press














Original languageEnglish
Publication statusUnpublished - 1 Feb 2013
EventAnsel Adams: at the water's edge - London, United Kingdom
Duration: 1 Feb 20132 Feb 2013

Conference

ConferenceAnsel Adams: at the water's edge
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityLondon
Period1/02/132/02/13

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