MM.XXVI

Obsidian dreams.

Descending into the threshold between lucid dreaming and false awakening, this dark, monochromatic essay transforms familiar spaces into scenes we have unlearned to see and navigate. The viewer is drawn into an uncompromising world that refuses to let go.

Inspired by the late-1960s Japanese Provoke manifesto—which emphasised photography’s power to provoke thought and forge "a new language and new meanings"—and the work of photographers such as Kikuji Kawada, Kazuo Kitai, Daidō Moriyama, and especially Sakiko Nomura, this series functions as experiment, homage, and quest. It is a conscious endeavour to carry forward a photographic practice that moves far beyond mere observation.

“If you don’t search for the things that you cannot see, they don’t become visible.”
— 野村佐紀子, Nomura Sakiko
Dark abstract shot of two construction workers standing on a bridge, next to van, with the skyline of the City of London in the background.
Dark abstract shot of a bush with some light shining through the branches and leaves.
Dark abstract shot of a close-up of a plastic foil plastered to a limestone wall.
Dark abstract shot of bamboo with a dark, shadowy background.
Dark abstract shot of a photo of Marilyn Monroe in a show window, a face obscured by circular sticker, with some lightly visible shapes and patterns in the background.
Dark abstract shot of an orchid in front of a window.
Dark abstract shot of a leafless tree in front of a stonewall.
A dark, black-and-white photograph of a dinosaur skeleton fossil displayed in a museum.
Dark abstract shot of a close-up of a container with fresh mandarins and a fork.
Dark abstract monochrome frame of a skull carved into a stone wall covered with plants and hidden behind a few bushes.
“All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.”
— Edgar A. Poe, 'A Dream Within a Dream'

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