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DARKNESS A STUDY EXHIBITION OF SHADOWS
REPRESENTATION II, 2015 DIGITAL EXHIBITION II PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDY OF SHADOWS & VISUAL NARRATIVES THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
GROUP 9 Danni Iylia Noor Dahlan Jaymus Lim Chih-Hsien Rujuta Kulkarni William Humble William Jury
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INDEX EXHIBITION I
EXHIBITION II
DAHLAN
3 -8
DAHLAN
35 - 40
LIM
9 - 14
LIM
41 - 46
KULKARNI
15 - 20
KULKARNI
47 - 52
HUMBLE
21 - 26
HUMBLE
53 - 58
JURY
27 - 32
JURY
59 - 64
EXHIBITION Ill DAHLAN
67 - 72
LIM
73 - 78
KULKARNI
79 - 84
HUMBLE
85 - 90
JURY
91 - 96
DARKNESS. LIGHT. SHADOWS.
EXHIBITION I
DAHLAN @ BARR SMITH SOUTH, UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE
3
“The outside belongs to the sun and on the inside people live and work. In order to avoid protection from the sun,” - Louis Khan
DAHLAN @ UNION HOUSE, UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE
5
"A plan of a building should be read like a harmony of spaces in light. Even a space intended to be dark should have just enough light from some mysterious opening to tell us how dark it really is. Each space must be defined by its structure and the character of its natural light." - Louis Khan
DAHLAN VISUAL NARRATIVE I
7
"Lacquerware decorated in gold is not something to be seen in a brilliant light, to be taken in at a single glance; it should be left in the dark, a part here and a part there picked up by a faint light." - Jun'ichiro Tanizaki, In Praise of Shadows, page 14.
LIM @ MITCHAM, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
9
"Life is simple, but we insist on making it complicated." - Confucius
LIM @ HILL STREET, MITCHAM, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
11
"Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing." - Abraham Lincoln
LIM VISUAL NARRATIVE I
13
"A degree of dimness, absolute cleanliness, and quiet so complete one can hear the hum of a mosquito. I love to listen from such a toilet to the sound of softly falling rain," - Jun'ichiro Tanizaki, In Praise of Shadows, page 4.
KULKARNI @ TRANMERE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
15
"Nothing can dim the light that shines from within." - Maya Angelou
KULKARNI @ BARR SMITH LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE
17
"The world but seems to be yet is nothing more than a line between light and shadow." - Fakhruddin Iraqi
KULKARNI VISUAL NARRATIVE I
19
"Were it not for shadows, there would be no beauty." - Jun'ichiro Tanizaki, In Praise of Shadows, page 13.
HUMBLE @ ST GEORGES, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
21
“The brightest light casts the darkest shadow.” - Jess C. Scott
HUMBLE @ NORTH TERRACE, ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
23
“Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.” - Samuel Smiles
HUMBLE VISUAL NARRATIVE I
25
“But in the still dimmer light of the candlestand, as I gazed at the trays and bowls standing in the shadows cast by the flickering point of flame, I discovered in the gloss of laquerware a depth and richness like that of a still, dark pond, a beauty I had not seen before.” - Jun’ichiro Tanizaki, In Praise of Shadows, page 13.
JURY @ UNLEY, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
27
“Light: fading rays disperse.”
JURY @ UNLEY, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
29
“Shadows sinking into repose.”
JURY VISUAL NARRATIVE I
31
“No words can describe that sensation as one sits in the dim light, basking in the faint glow reflected from the shoji.” - Jun’ichiro Tanizaki, In Praise of Shadows, page 3-4.
LIGHT. SHADOWS. ART.
EXHIBITION II
DAHLAN @ MEREDITH STREET, BROADVIEW, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
35
“Find beauty not only in the thing itself but in the pattern of the shadows, the light and dark which that thing provides.” - Junichiro Tanizaki
DAHLAN @ MEREDITH STREET, BROADVIEW, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
37
“There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.” - Charles Dickens
DAHLAN VISUAL NARRATIVE II
39
“That strange lump of stone with its faintly muddy light, like the crystallized air of the centuries, melting dimly, dully back, deeper and deeper — are not we Orientals the only ones who know its charms? We cannot say ourselves what it is that we find in this stone”. – Jun’ichiro Tanizaki, In Praise of Shadows, page 5.
LIM @ 27 ANGAS STREET, ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
41
"nyctophilia� (n.) love of darkness and night, finding relaxation or comfort in the darkness.
LIM @ SA WATER, VICTORIA SQUARE, ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
43
"Each material has its own shadows. The shadow of stone is not the same as that of a brittle autumn leaf. The shadow penetrates the material and radiates its message." - Sverre Fehn
LIM VISUAL NARRATIVE II
45
"We find beauty not in the thing itself but in the patterns of the shadows, the light and the darkness, that one thing against another creates." - Jun'ichiro Tanizaki, In Praise of Shadows, page 30.
KULKARNI @ ART GALLERY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA, ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
47
"Sometimes, shadows shine brighter than light."
KULKARNI @ TRANMERE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
49
"Bright lights cast dark shadows when shone from only one direction." - David Kelley
KULKARNI VISUAL NARRATIVE II
51
"To me this is the very epitome of reality, for a woman of the past did indeed exist only from the collar up and the sleeves out; the rest of her remained hidden in darkness." - Jun’ichiro Tanizaki, In Praise of Shadows, page 28.
HUMBLE @ VICTOR HARBOR, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
53
“Me and my shadow.”
HUMBLE @ ST GEORGES, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
55
“Imprisoning the ground below.”
HUMBLE VISUAL NARRATIVE II
57
“In making for ourselves a place to live, we first spread a parasol to throw a shadow on the earth, and in the pale light of the shadow we put together a house.” - Jun’ichiro Tanizaki, In Praise of Shadows, page 17.
JURY @ IN FLIGHT, QATAR
59
“Chasing shadows around the world.”
JURY @ THE HAGUE, THE NETHERLANDS
61
“Shadows and light converge.”
JURY VISUAL NARRATIVE II
63
“There one can listen with such a sense of intimacy to the raindrops falling from the eaves.” - Jun’ichiro Tanizaki, In Praise of Shadows, page 4.
SHADOWS. LIFE.
EXHIBITION III
DAHLAN @ MATHS LAWN,UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE, ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
67
“When light and shadow creates a sense of tranquility.”
DAHLAN @ MEREDITH STREET, BROADVIEW, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
69
“When light is concealed by darkness.”
DAHJLAN VISUAL NARRATIVE Ill
71
“How, in such a dark place, gold draws so much light to itself is a mystery to me.” - Jun’ichiro Tanizaki, In Praise of Shadows, page 22.
LIM @ ANGAS STREET, ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
73
“The beginnings and ends of shadow lie between the light and darkness and may be infinitely diminished and infinitely increased. Shadow is the means by which bodies display their form. The forms of bodies could not be understood in detail but for shadow.” - Leonardo da Vinci
LIM @ UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE, ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
75
“The vision of a moment made! Dream of a dream! and shadow of a shade!” - Edward Young
LIM VISUAL NARRATIVE Ill
77
“We delight in the mere sight of the delicate glow of fading rays clinging to the surface of a dusky wall, there to live out what little life remains to them.” - Jun’ichiro Tanizaki, In Praise of Shadows, page 18.
KULKARNI @ GOA, INDIA
79
“Every thing that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see.” - Martin Luther King, Jr.
KULKARNI @TRANMERE, ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
81
“Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is and the tree is the real thing.” - Abraham Lincoln
KULKARNI VISUAL NARRATIVE Ill
83
“We delight in the mere sight of the delicate glow of fading rays clinging to the surface of a dusky wall, there to live out what little life remains to them. We never tire of the site, for to us this pale glow and these dim shadows far surpass any ornament.” - Jun’ichiro Tanizaki, In Praise of Shadows, page 18.
HUMBLE @ GLENELG BEACH, GLENELF, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
85
“Friendship can take many forms but they will always be there.”
HUMBLE @ ADELAIDE BOTANIC GARDENS, ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
87
“Imprisoned in your shadow.”
HUMBLE VISUAL NARRATIVE Ill
89
“A Japanese room might be likened to an inkwash painting, the paper panelled shoji being the expanse where the ink is thinnest, and the alcove where it is darkest.” - Jun’ichiro Tanizaki, In Praise of Shadows, page 20.
JURY @ LOWESTOFT, UNITED KINGDOM
91
“Shadows sink under rays of light.”
JURY @ PADERBORN, GERMANY
93
“Shadows move in mysterious ways.”
JURY VISUAL NARRATIVE Ill
95
“We never tire of the sight, for us this pale glow and these dim shadows far surpass any ornament.” - Jun’ichiro Tanizaki, In Praise of Shadows, page 18.
END OF EXHIBITION
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