Drink from series Still Waters Run Deep

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Work: Drink from series Still Waters Run Deep, 2012 inkjet print.

Artist statement: My recent work revolves mainly around the exploration of the photographic image and its relationship to 3D space. Illusion, fiction and myth are the themes which are attractive for me in my practice. I am interested in the relationship to perceived, experienced and imagined reality. I often utilize images which are archetypal representation of certain themes or meanings and which seemingly don’t leave much space for alternative interpretations. I build stage for them and present them with new roles. I give them new freedom based on subjective perception. A certain movement comes forth from this play, a shift between the dimension of a collective myth and personal mythology.1

According to Roland Barthes, photography is neither an image nor reality. It is completely new entity, reality that can not be touched.2 Crucial moment of my work is dealing with 3D space within photography. The final outcomes are usually 2D prints, but in fact they comprehend constructed 3D space – new reality that can not be touched.

Formally the outcomes are imaginary landscapes which are usually home to handmade analogue special effects without any use of digital manipulation. I am attracted to the research of this active physical approach to photography, to deal with the relation between photography and spaciousness. I am interested in strategy of using several approaches and techniques, putting the results in mutual relationships. Analysis of medium is present but it is not main aim of my research. I am attracted to possibility of building my own platforms where I can give images new freedom and use them without dependence on prior prefiguration.

1 Zalesak, Jan. (2011) Statement to dissertation Miracle is Elsewhere. Prague
2 Barthes, Roland. (2005) Svetlá Komora (Camera Lucida). Prague: Agite/Fra
Photographer: Lucia Scerankova
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I am fine artist living in Prague and London. I am interested in active physical approach to photography, to deal with the relation between photography and spaciousness. Outcomes are then home to handmade analogue special effects without use of digital manipulation. Illusion, fiction and myth are the themes which are attractive for me in my practice. I deal with the relationship to perceived, experienced and imagined reality.
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Lucia Sceranková’s work fluctuates in between photography, object and video art. The individual works are often hard to fit into any of these categories: the photographs are approached with a nearly sculptural manner; videos often stand for a moving image, moment or mood rather than a narrative. In the digital age Lucie tends to avoid Photoshop and other forms of computer manipulation. She enters her works physically instead, creating scenes or perforating objects into the backgrounds. At the same time, the medium of video or photography forms a certain distance to the created image. There is a vibrant tension between the impersonality of these media and the sensitivity and direct engagement of the author.