I recently stumbled upon Forlane 6 Studio, which is comprized with Hortense Le Calvez & Mathieu Goussin. Their work speaks of "an alien world taking place"deep in our seas. The two search for our personal and "forgotten artificial materials and objects" which now exist only beneath the surface. The projects of Forlane 6 Studio "intend to question and imagine how organic shapes and man-made ones could merge and cohabit when transformed and positioned in the context of a foreign space inaccessible to human life."
There is a duality in their work. They hand-make their own formations but they are only shown underwater. Deep into the ocean, like these found in the series below
Posidonia
Blow Dry
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There is a duality in their work. They hand-make their own formations but they are only shown underwater. Deep into the ocean, like these found in the series below
Posidonia
Blow Dry
They record video as well, showing bottles filled with air of some sort blasting off underwater while being teathered to the tubes themselves and therefore suspended as an experiment of sorts, for example. My favorite video series of theirs is called Dia. This short video (or documentation) is underwater footage of two harnesses consisting of hosing that is attached to a power source which allows each hold harness to hold a disc that rises from underground, tossing toss sand that was on top of it into the ocean. Soon the screen is filled with smoke. Time often repeats and goes backwards, giving the impression that these machines are imploding on themselves.
I must say, It's great to see photographers playing with ideas of time, space, and motion (fast / slow / forward / reverse) while focusing on a series of objects—Which really might as well be classified as living, breathing sculptures. The water has it's own life-force, which the two agree are a large part of the bigger picture.
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