isabel m. martinez: quantum blink

'quantum blink' series by isabel m. martinez
(above) 'dock #1', 2011
chromogenic print
image © isabel m. martinez


'quantum blink' by chilean born, toronto-based artist isabel m. martinez is a series of chromogenic prints
that simultaneously capture two instances in one image. exploring the quantum mechanics notion of
consciousness in which our brain recognizes forty individual moments per second, the series seek to
illustrate in photographic terms this mental blink.

'I attempt to articulate something in between the freezing of time - that so often characterizes photography -
and its relentless passing,' says martinez. 'I hint towards temporalities that are fluid, speculative, and
somewhat loose. I am looking for the line that divides the finite (probability) from the infinite (possibility).
it time is a succession of instants, I want to see what lies in between them. I am after the gaps between instants
of consciousness.'

using masks placed within the camera, the resulting photographs is a composition of vertically running stripes
that alternate between the two moments. the holistic image can be read to be shifting or changing depending
on the distance or angle from which it is observed.



'dock #2', 2011
chromogenic print
image © isabel m. martinez



'cross walk', 2011
chromogenic print
image © isabel m. martinez



'talking hands', 2011
chromogenic print
image © isabel m. martinez



'carrousel', 2011
chromogenic print
image © isabel m. martinez



'chevron #1', 2011
chromogenic print
image © isabel m. martinez



'chevron #2', 2011
chromogenic print
image © isabel m. martinez



'staff', 2011
chromogenic print
image © isabel m. martinez



'onlooker', 2011
chromogenic print
image © isabel m. martinez



'pond', 2011
chromogenic print
image © isabel m. martinez



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