My Flatland series is influenced by Edwin Abbott
Abbott’s 1884 satirical novella Flatland:
A Romance of Many Dimensions. The book is narrated by “A Square” and uses
the fictional 2-D world of Flatland to explore Victorian hierarchy, and spatial
dimensions. Other worlds within this
fictional universe include Pointland and Spaceland – 1D and 3D worlds, as well
as dimensions beyond this. The inhabitants of Flatland don’t believe in other
dimensions and anyone who asserts the existence of other dimensions are
punished. I’m interested in perception. The inhabitants of Flatland only
believe in the space that they perceive, and refuse to believe in a space
beyond their experience; this is what I wanted to explore in this photo-series.
Walking is central to my practice. When I walk I
imagine worlds beyond our own – I’m particularly interested in the notion of
parallel dimensions, worlds that overlap with our own and sometimes bleed into
our own. Thresholds and portals fascinate me. I digitally manipulate
photographs taken on walks, pushing elements of the image beyond what the eye
perceives. Nothing is added or taken away, the altered colours are generated
from the values within the digital image.
