Apnavi Makanji b. 1976
Δάφνη (Daphne), 2019
Digital Video
(HSN Code: 8523)
(HSN Code: 8523)
Duration: 26:49 mins
In an Edition of 3 + 2 AP
Copyright Apnavi Makanji, 2019
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Daphne was conceived and filmed in three of the ponds at the Jardin Botanique de Genève. It raises questions on the blurred boundaries and vicissitudes of life occurring naturally within...
Daphne was conceived and filmed in three of the ponds at the Jardin Botanique de Genève.
It raises questions on the blurred boundaries and vicissitudes of life occurring naturally within a deliberate human construct. Where does the human imprint end and where does nature take over and is human intervention necessary thereafter?
In an attempt to tamper with the viewer’s perception, the work is shot in a manner that deliberately tries to circumvent objects that imply human intervention, thereby creating the artifice of a wild waterscape.
However, traces of human intervention can never be completely erased and when glimpses of these manifest, they break the atemporal quality of the work.
It raises questions on the blurred boundaries and vicissitudes of life occurring naturally within a deliberate human construct. Where does the human imprint end and where does nature take over and is human intervention necessary thereafter?
In an attempt to tamper with the viewer’s perception, the work is shot in a manner that deliberately tries to circumvent objects that imply human intervention, thereby creating the artifice of a wild waterscape.
However, traces of human intervention can never be completely erased and when glimpses of these manifest, they break the atemporal quality of the work.
Exhibitions
Publications
Psychopomp., catalogue essay written by Abi Tariq, TARQ, 20235
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