Charles Lindsay - Science Fiction

Science Fiction Artist's Statement

The Science Fiction project is an exploration of fictitious worlds, combining my interest in the aesthetics of space exploration, microscopic discovery and abstract symbols. I am interested in the idea that so much of our expanding scientific knowledge is based on images from beyond our normal scope of vision.

This work brings full circle the visual and philosophical influences of my previous careers first in exploration geology and later as a photojournalist. During the years living with a remote hunting tribe in Indonesia it was their animistic world view which I found intriguing. From geology both the aesthetics and the representation of time were influential. I am interested in the challenge and implications of comprehending our relative scale within the universe.

The silver gelatin prints in the Science Fiction project are made from negatives utilizing a carbon emulsion on a transparent polyester base in an experimental and random process. Each negative is the result of my manipulation as well as numerous generations in the fluid's history, where minute evaporation trails render an archeology of time. The videos are created from scans of the negatives which are animated and layered with shot footage.