15-02-2017

A photography exhibition on the theme of pareidolia

Graham Fink,

London,

Gallery,

Exhibition,

In his Stone Souls exhibition at the Riflemaker gallery in London, UK, artist Graham Fink explores the psychological phenomenon of pareidolia - the perception of patterns where there are none, like seeing faces in clouds, in stones, on walls or elsewhere.



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A photography exhibition on the theme of pareidolia In his Stone Souls exhibition at the Riflemaker gallery in London, UK, artist Graham Fink explores the psychological phenomenon of pareidolia - the perception of patterns where there are none, like seeing faces in clouds, in stones, on walls or elsewhere.


Graham Fink is a British multimedia artist known for his exploration of new horizons in the visual arts. One of his creations in this area includes dedicated software that he developed for his eye-tracking technique, where he only draws with his eyes, and the programme records their movement by shining infrared light straight into them, thereby translating these movements onto a screen, making the invisible visible, a theme that he is particularly attracted to.
At London's Riflemaker gallery we can see a series of his performances from the “Drawing with my Eyes” exhibition and now “Stone Souls”, images dedicated to pareidolia. What is hidden behind this scientific term? The instinctive, automatic tendency to find patterns and familiar shapes in chaotic images; this association is manifested in particular towards human figures and faces.
Something that happens to all of us and that in the case of an eclectic artist like Graham Fink leads to the further elaboration of this concept. He sees faces in the world around him, on the walls as well as in nature, and he photographs them. Fink then reproduces these images onto the purest, white marble from the quarries of Thassos in Greece; this way he builds a connection between the past and the present of his imagination.
“Stone Souls” therefore turns into a unique journey into the subconscious and creativity where viewers have all the freedom to draw their own conclusions when they see abstract shapes that manifest differently to all of us, but which share a common theme - they form the basis for new, imaginative stories.

Christiane Bürklein

Exhibition: Stone Souls
1 February to 2 March 2017
Riflemaker Gallery, London
http://www.riflemaker.org/
Images: © Graham Fink, courtesy of Riflemaker 

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