Martín Kaulen

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Una habitación pequeña
Escuela del fosfeno
Registro hablado
Fosfenos
Desentierro
By sound
Birdscapes
Les chutes du temps
Geomancia
Palíndromos
EMM
Arbórea
Bambusoideae
Paisaje microscópico
Cool coco
Drone

CV
Contact
Texts

Fosfenos, 2021
Installation
Carrara marble, alabaster and travertine

Etnoscòpic, 2022
Group exhibition
Museu Etnològic i de Cultures del Món
Barcelona, Spain
“So deeply rooted is our tendency to contemplate order as the sign of an organizing mind that we instinctively react with admiration whenever we perceive regularity in the natural world.”
E. H. Gombrich, 1979

The installation presents a group of rocks of marble, travertine and alabaster, which, as they are explored, reveal geometric patterns depending one's point of view. These carved shapes are the outcome of the perception of visual hallucinations known as phosphenes, perceptible through flickering light or during hypnagogic sleep, among other mechanisms. This visual imaginary, which is inherent to the human nervous system, could explain the concordance of symbols and geometric patterns in different cultures isolated from each other. The evanescence with which they are manifested, usually to closed eyes, seeks to be sublimated in stone, referring to architectural ornaments of ancient cultures in which this same type of patterns can be identified.

Fosfeno II, 2021. Alabaster. 16 x 33 x 25 cm

Fosfeno I, 2021. Carrara marble. 52 x 42 x 48 cm
Fosfeno III, 2021. Alabaster. 38 x 47 x 41 cm
Fosfeno IV, 2021. Travertine. 28 x 58 x 52 cm