 High Point Mountain Experiment #300, 2002 Type C-print 19.5" x 19.5" |
 High Point Mountain Experiment #301, 2002 Type C-print 19.5" x 19.5" |
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Artist Statement: The High Point Mountain Experiment
I have long been fascinated with how art and science move together and influence
or anticipate new understandings of reality. I'm particularly interested in
how perspective has been used throughout the history of art to express changing theories about the true relationship of objects in space. I've sought to use the camera -- which with it's perfect ability to
capture the vanishing point is actually the ultimate expression of one point
perspective invented in the Early Renaissance -- to capture the latest ideas about the physical nature of the world. Astrophysics and mounting evidence suggest that the
detectable/visible matter in the Cosmos is less than four percent and that the
remaining matter sometimes referred to as Dark Matter is hidden or undetectable.
While hiking in the mountains, I tried to imagine this thick unseen stew of
matter that I was walking through and how I might best suggest its existence
photographically. One way was by obliterating the vanishing point, which just
creates an illusion of reality. By laying image on top of image I could express
the pregnant nature of empty space; how it was actually full of energy and matter
and reduce the relevance of observable objects. Another intention at work in
the images is the dimension of time. The multiple exposures on each frame of
film allowed me to condense a sequence of moments into one frozen moment of
simultaneousness as conceived by Einstein. By photographing the trees in such
a way that creates a sense of uncertainty about what time(s) of day they were
shot, I've tried to convey at once timelessness and approximate our experience
of moving physically through time through a forest.
We may never be able to know the true dimensions of the universe, but with these images I've sought to explore and represent, at least, the shadow of those other realities/dimensions.
Greg Martin
Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin Jan. 24,1962
Education
| 1984 | Bachelor of Arts in Color Technology from Brooks Institute of Photography, Santa Barbara, California | |
| 1983 | Friends
of Photography, Ansel Adams Workshop Studied under Eugene Richards, Chris Rainier, Jerry Uelsman, Michael Kenna, and Ruth Bernhard. |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2002 | Faces of Help, New York State Attorney General's "17th Annual Crime Victims Candlelight Vigil." |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2001 |
A Democracy of Photographs, Here is New York Gallery, NYC |
Recent Photography Assignments
Barron's
Magazine
Marie Claire
Entertainment Weekly
PicadorUSA
FSG Publishing
Solomon Brothers / Smith Barney
People Magazine
Represented
by
Corbis Sygma Inc.(2001 - Current)
SuperStock Inc. (1988 - Current)
Contact Information
35 East 9th Street
New York, NY 10003
Phone: 212-777-4538
Email: greg@gregmartinphoto.com
Website: www.gregmartinphoto.com
