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Indepth Arts News: "Sabattier Revisited by Bolivian Photographer Gonzalo Contreras" 2006-05-09 until 2006-05-28 Corporación Cultural de Las Condes Santiago, , CL Chile
Also during the same month, Gonzalo’s work with additional images will be exhibited at ArsLatino Gallery on the commercial district of Santiago. (http://www.tacomal.com/index.php?view=foto)
Following is an introduction made by the photographer.
Sabattier Revisited
Some time ago I went to a seminar on technological innovation. One of the speakers, a musician named Rip Keller, demonstrated a technique for seeing things differently. He had analyzed well-known classical compositions by eliminating notes that were essentially ornaments to the melody, rather than part of its structure. What was left was, in effect, a re-interpretation of the piece, sometimes so radical as to be unrecognizable.
On my way home, I said to myself, what would happen if I did the same with my photography. As all my work is now digitized, I could use technology to do the same concept.
I tried different software that would allow me to edit the large image files of my photographs (450 Megabytes each), only a few hexadecimal editors would let me handle these large sizes, and the outcome was not editable on any of the photo editing software.
Finally I decided to use the Sabattier Effect, which basically modifies the densities of the 3 basic colors that compose a picture, enhancing layers of information hidden within the structure and eliminating certain colors (the ornaments) producing unexpected images. Obviously I used the digital version of the Sabattier effect; this is the outcome. Some of the work shown here was previous presented at an exhibit, but printed on photographic paper, today I am using Canvas as the supporting element, in a large format as I like best.
Also, this is the second time I present during the exhibit an audiovisual on how I visualized originally the show. I will be showing 3 versions: the original idea, an adjusted version to this gallery and a new version that I enjoyed preparing along with the music of Johann Sebastian Bach.
As usual the recommendation to view my photographs is to have a glass of read wine on hand and rock music in the background.
Gonzalo Contreras del Solar [ May 2006 ]
Gonzalo Contreras del Solar has been a Premiere Portfolio Artist at absolutearts.com since May 2004. View more of his work in his portfolio at: http://www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/t/tacomal/.
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On May 9th, at the Corporación Cultural de Las Condes will present the exhibit: Sabattier Revisited by Bolivian photographer Gonzalo Contreras, solarized color photographs printed on canvas. The Gallery has selected for the third time Gonzalo’s work, showing in each occasion a totally different installation, and as always photography based on Water. This time, in addition to the printed work, 4 virtual audiovisuals will be shown, with a compilation of the solarized work and rock music, as well as commercial spots, an edition especially made for the event and sponsors, based on Gonzalo’s images and virtually tailored.
