LEA JAZBEC
"Time and Eye", Drawing from series Time & Eye, Photo credit Lea Jazbec, 2010
"Starry sky", One week of observation, Cyanotype, Photo credit Lea Jazbec, 2020
Drawing of light, from the project "Behind the reflection" Still image from video installation, Photo credit Lea Jazbec, 2020
Experimental landscape shot, for the project "Behind the reflection", Karst, SLO, Photo credit Lea Jazbec, 2018
Drawing of light and reflection, for the project "Behind the reflection", Photo credit Lea Jazbec, 2018
Nature, Image from forest, Camera obscura, 5 mm horizontal aperture, Photo credit Lea Jazbec, 2019
Exploring different aperture of camera obscura, cut out letters HOME, Photo credit Lea Jazbec, 2019
“Iris”, “Rosa dei venti”, Drawing on projection, Salina, Sečovlje, Slovenia, Photo credit Lea Jazbec, 2020
Drawing of light and, for the project "Behind the reflection", Photo credit Lea Jazbec, 2018
Self-timer photography, through a camera obscura, abandoned coal mine, Secovlje, SLO, Photo credit Lea Jazbec, 2019
“Reimagine", Camera obscura, word shaped aperture, 2020
Word-shaped apertures, Photo credit Lea Jazbec, 2020
SERIES "TIME & EYE"
2010-2021
The artworks from the series “Time & Eye”, (2010-2021) explore the relationship between time, eye, and body. They represent different spatial relations resulting from the study of the hourglass. The reasons I chose this antique device are twofold. The first is its function of measuring the passage of time. The second is its characteristic shape. A flowing continued line connecting two circles, two spheres into one infinite eight.
"The shape of the figure of eight is I think... a circle bent in time."
Usually, I work in series, departing from a single work that organically evolves in a step-by-step process. Each new part of the series generates from questions raised by the previous work, and so on.
RECONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECTED IMAGE (2018-2024)
Experimentation and testing the boundaries of the known and the visible are central to my artistic practice. In 2018, my strong interest in light led me to experimental photography. The project Reconstruction of the Projected Image encompasses installation and a series of multimedia works (still images and video made with hand-made camera obscura and customised apertures with different shapes and sizes.) Through the experimentation of the possibilities specific to this simple device, I investigate the everyday glitches of vision and perception. Whereas, by taking photographs with a word-shaped aperture, I poetically emphasize that words, thoughts, and definitions affect our perception of the visible. The experience of observing movement, rather than focusing on still images, is what I am most interested in. The result is a collection of moving images out of focus. Distorted scenes where light and colour flow and explore the scene. The change of apertures allows my works to alter our perception by defining new fields of view, gifting the observer with the experience of the every day from an unusual perspective.
The project was rewarded with invitations to participate in exhibitions, feature in publications and was awarded the AIR programme at the (CSF) Adams- Center for Experimental Photography Adams, Rome, IT.
