(Dis)location, (Dis)connection, (Dis)embodiment

(dis)location –

Dislocation - the act of dislocating, the state of being dislocated, displacement of one or more bones at a joint, a discontinuity in the otherwise normal lattice structure of a crystal, disruption of an established order, something out of context.

Location - a position or site occupied or available for occupancy or marked by some distinguishing feature

(dis)connection

Disconnection – to sever the connection of or between, to terminate a connection, to become detached or withdrawn

Connection - the act of connecting, the state of being connected, as a: causal or logical relation or sequence

(dis)embodiment

Disembodiment - To strip of material existence or substance.

Embodiment - A person, being, or thing embodying a spirit, principle, abstraction, etc; incarnation.

Absense/Presence Project

Absence/Presence Project Part 1

For the first part of this project i used images that dealt with music.


In this image i used cut out the image of my guitar in order to represent the idea of that it doesn't matter what color or type of guitar it was, you just know what kind of sound it will make by looking at the amplifier. In this case, the Marshall JCM 2000 produces a very recognizable dirty sound.

In this second image i used an image of my band performing a live show with again a similar idea like the first... The musicians are cut out of the picture to illustrate an image that it doesn't matter who are the musicians, what their wearing or how they look like as long as their playing music.

The last image of this series again is just like the last one but the other band members are cut out from the image that were not in the previous one.



Absence/Presence Project Part II

In the second part of the project i used images that had to do with light sources.


This image is from my house and i used the patch tool to get rid of all types of electrical light sources around the rooms for example - there was a chandelier above the dinning table and there were light switches as well.


The original version of this images had a large lamp sitting on the table plugged into the wall. This was a rather difficult task because large portions of the table and cloth had to be recreated.


This image is a bit different from the other two, you can see where the light is coming from but there is nothing there. There were two candle light bulbs inside that were removed and the light looks like its coming from nowhere.

Responce to Absence/ Presence: a convesation with Charles Cohen

The artist talks about his cut-out artwork as being seen in 3 different ways. He describes them as "effects"; the first one being the immediate reaction from the viewer which he/she would recognize the cut out image from the picture. The second effect he talks about being the "abstract effect" which he describes as being the intellectual thought coming from the viewer from interpreting and questioning the image leading up to the last "reflexive effect" where the viewer comes to terms with the piece and makes his/her own conclusions about the artwork. The artist then goes into explaining how he uses the effects in his artwork and what kinds of reactions he looks for when other people view his work. The way that the Charles Cohen portrays his work is very unique and effective in the way that he makes people think about the empty space. The objects that he cuts out of the images has a big impact on the viewer and can describe all types of emotions and ideas that are sometimes to difficult to describe in words only.