South  Australia  2006

Slide show : BUSHFIRE : 10 images

http://www.fotothing.com/slideshow.php?id=weisebushfire

Slide show : SEASIDE/OCEANSIDE : 10 images

http://www.fotothing.com/slideshow.php?id=weiseoceanside

DIGITAL COLLAGES

The Artist's Statement

26 April 2006 by Gerry Joe Weise

The Digital Collages from the "New-Realities" use a variety of techniques from the "old-school" montage superimposing to "new-school" computer manipulation of the final image. Landscapes can be looked at from a 2 dimensional to a 3 dimensional view. The "New-Realities" theme is trying to obtain a 4th dimensional aspect, the "inner-soul" of the landscape. Some of the works can be looked at by tipping the image around to its side or by standing-it-up upside down. Other works can be looked at from a topographical view, as if the viewer was airborne. I have always respected collage artwork from Modern Art to Contemporary Art, and while creating these works has been a natural on-going process of great passion and desire, it seems I can finally express myself about nature as a whole. One must note that animals and humans do not appear within these landscapes : earth, water, air and vegetation, overwhelm any chance of an animal form making an appearance, and humans seem to be the intruders. Air has a way of being represented in different densities, different colors : yes air has color and form. Minerals give earth different flavors and odors, water creates division and distance, while vegetation creates time and space. It is impossible to escape nature walled up in a city, and do we have to drown out earthly sounds with our mechanics ? Utopia is for amateurs, the sublime is for the unfit, and to hell with political realism on this planet !

The River, 2006

Ghost Gum Wind 2, 2006

Waterfall Crossing 2, 2006

Seascape Frost, 2006

The Bushfire, 2006

DIGITAL COLLAGES web-site

http://www.gerryjoeweisecollage.blogspot.com

NEW-NATURE / NEW-REALITIES

by Gerry Joe Weise

The New-Nature / New-Realities, for which these works have been based upon, are a departure from the common concerns of today. In that they are not concerned with, and go beyond the immediate surroundings of which we inhabit. The representation of symbolical forms are partially stated. In actuality, they are only impressions, as the human mind always compares to what is already familiar. These are not what they seem to be ! The symbolical ideas are assigned to act out our feelings from the subconscious, our inner selves, even though they transcend the heavens and are beyond a million light years away. Our world is not their world, yet theirs is ours. Their music and language are of a transcendental character; it could be said a priori knowledge and experience. The works therefore have no link to existing history, even though a reference in the titles may lead to imply. In this case it is likened to our Moon, which carries earthly titles upon the lunar surface, a satellite that has been in existence long before the memory of man.

DIGITAL COLLAGE french / francais

http://blog.ifrance.com/gerryjoeweise-collage