Compound/Composure
Artwork
Articulation: Language, Object, Space
2024
Artwork
Articulation: Language, Object, Space
2024
This artwork was made for work uses colour and shape to explore the historical meaning of the term "love,"
as interpreted by Ancient Greeks and philosophers such as Aristotle.
The Ancient Greeks had a diverse vocabulary, using as many as six different words to describe different aspects of love.
Descriptions about love included Philautia, capturing the concept of self-perception and how people feel about their own body and mind; Philia, symbolising the bonds of friendship; Agape, the selfless love directed towards strangers and humanity at large. Aristotle believed that the highest form of love involves genuinely wishing and acting for the well-being of others, without seeking personal pleasure or gain.
In this work, each colour represents a subjective interpretation of what love means. Chevreul wrote that colour is constantly in flux and all colours are affected by the colours next to them, the light surrounding them and the batches they are made from. Perception therefore becomes the key to reading colour. (Chevreul, M.E. (1861) The Laws of the Contrast of Colour).
Photos: Kelley Sheenan, Claudia Baxter. Developed in collaboration with designer, Roz de Waal McKenzie.
The Ancient Greeks had a diverse vocabulary, using as many as six different words to describe different aspects of love.
Descriptions about love included Philautia, capturing the concept of self-perception and how people feel about their own body and mind; Philia, symbolising the bonds of friendship; Agape, the selfless love directed towards strangers and humanity at large. Aristotle believed that the highest form of love involves genuinely wishing and acting for the well-being of others, without seeking personal pleasure or gain.
In this work, each colour represents a subjective interpretation of what love means. Chevreul wrote that colour is constantly in flux and all colours are affected by the colours next to them, the light surrounding them and the batches they are made from. Perception therefore becomes the key to reading colour. (Chevreul, M.E. (1861) The Laws of the Contrast of Colour).
Photos: Kelley Sheenan, Claudia Baxter. Developed in collaboration with designer, Roz de Waal McKenzie.