We are so happy to launch our new MIA Anywhere Virtual exhibition “What do you see when you look”, with two amazing artists: Edurne Herrán from Germany (@pittussi) & Ana Daganzo from Spain (@anadaganzo).
“Looking through the stereoscope the images of an iris and a nebula merge in our brain, allowing us to visualize the micro and macro worlds at the same time. A new image is created: the fractal” says Ana Daganzo, who asks us to really look at what we think we know. She captures the magic and innocence of nature and accident; a collection of veiny, electric dust, the independent and surprising reaction of chemicals on polaroid, or the nebula of an iris.
Rather than attempt to convince us of the magnificence of ordinary things, Daganzo shocks us with works of intricate and overwhelming beauty, encouraging us to investigate why they feel familiar. The smallest and the largest patterns are the same – an iris and a nebula. They jointly occupy a dimension of their own. We see differences, however, at human eye-level.
Edurne Herran suggests that despite these differences, people, societies and relationships follow patterns – the aggregate of all stories and identities resembles a pattern when seen at the proper magnification.
Herrán focuses her attention on how we can deal with being unable to see people as they are, through more effective forms of communication.
Both artists confide in an instinctive visual Esperanto, from Herran’s The Garden of Emoji Delights to Daganzo’s Entoptic forms and study of phosphenes in What you see when you see nothing.
Go to MIAanywhere.com to see this exhibition!
Text by MIA Art Collection’s Anita Shishani.