This is the first real art theme or concept I worked with, and it started during my art studies in Paris in 2014. The Spontaneous Structures/Structured Spontaneity, as recurring theme, deals with the dichotomous relation between the two words “spontaneity” and “structure”. It’s a way of trying to understand the balance, and sometimes gap, between action and intention, as the constellations of the words will alter the meaning of the sentence completely, depending on their arrangement.
Spontaneous Structures refers to the action of structures that take form spontaneously or unintentionally, to some extent. This may be perceived as something uncontrolled, yet it happens to take some kind of form or create some sort of meaning. In that sense, the meaning of an action comes after the creation.
Structured Spontaneity, on the other hand, refers to an action of impulse with the intention of achieving some level of control. The result may appear spontaneous, but the spontaneity has been allowed within a certain framework. In this sense, the meaning was already formed before the creation.
This relationship between spontaneity and structure has been more a help to produce artworks as an approach, more than actual theme. When I initially picked up painting, I considered this a theme, but today I see it more as a method. Later, this method also helped me to play with organic vs geometric forms, and to make more deliberate choices between free improvisation and thinking more conceptually. I like to allow space for both approaches.
See artworks in following series:
- Movements Measured
- Within These Walls