
Chimera
身体作为光学断裂
一个仅存在于相机光学成像中的身体。
不用人工智能,不作合成,也没有多重曝光:每幅图像都是由镜子与光塑造的单张画面。
摄影承诺捕捉存在之物。 Chimera disrupts that promise. The series bends mirrors around the body and photographs what they return: a figure multiplied, fragmented, stretched, and folded into itself. Nothing is assembled afterwards. Every distortion happens in front of the lens, in the curve of the mirror.
The title comes from the chimera of Greek myth, a creature assembled from incompatible parts. Here, the body becomes its own chimera.
镜子是工具。镜片被弯折,每一处弯曲都以不同方式改写身体。镜面向外凸起时,躯干变窄;向内凹陷时,肢体膨胀,而同一曲面也可能在身体离镜面稍远时将其影像翻转。镜片折起之处,人形重叠,在意外的位置重新相接。折射表面、彩色光与投射光扩展了这些手段。一幅照片中,带有纹身的躯干同时流经几面镜子的弯曲边缘;皮肤上的文字随身体弯曲,直到字迹与肌肤形成同一个图案。
照片忠实于所记录的光。相机准确记录抵达镜头的光线;改变的只是光的路径。镜子不为身体添加任何东西,只改变从身体传来的光的方向;玻璃的形状决定影像的各个部分抵达何处。曲面镜也能反向作用,把变形的图像重新整合,使眼睛在平面图像只有扭曲的地方看到连贯的形态。 Chimera 反向使用镜子:镜前的身体是完整的,而镜子使它呈现出不可能成立的形态。
在图像中拆解身体,往往意味着揭露可能潜藏于欲望之下的暴力。 Chimera 朝相反的方向展开。图像改变了承载身体影像的光的路径,身体始终完整,碎裂的是感知。人形从未被切割或重组;被打破的是观者对所见之物的确定性。镜面弯曲产生的图案也能直接作用于视觉:重复而饱和的形态,使目光持续移动,难以安定于单一解读。
Selected works
Chimera · From photograph to collection
Limited edition prints
Bring a work from Chimera home. Each photograph is printed as an archival pigment print on acid-free Hahnemühle fine art paper, in an edition of five plus one artist’s proof. When the five are sold, the edition is closed. Every print is signed and numbered by the artist and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.


Sizes
40 × 60 · 60 × 90 · 80 × 120 cm
Selected works can also be printed in other sizes. Prints ship unframed, and the studio is glad to advise on framing.
Worldwide shipping from Berlin
To order, write to print@burakbulut.org with the work and size you have in mind. The studio replies with availability, price and delivery to your address.
Direct from the artist · print@burakbulut.org
Selected editions are also available through Artsper, Saatchi Art和 Artmajeur.














