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02-05-2001
TRANSPARANCY IS THE CONDITION OF BEING IN AN IN-BETWEEN STATE
Mariëtte Renssen
Artist

The person enters the room and wanders around deep in thought. The eye passes from object to object, exploring the space between the table and the chair, the relationship between the walls, the entire room. White walls, they reflect light best. A yearning for a window. The person walks to the window and looks outside. There stands a tree. Looking at the tree, the person becomes so absorbed by the tree that the person becomes one with the tree. The person is standing inside, but in thought is standing outside the room. The inner space of the thought and the interior have merged with the exterior space. Space is transparent. In an interior, the space between the objects is mutually determined, the walls determine the interior space, light makes the space visible. For me, an ideal image is an empty interior, where the space is only visible because of the light and the frame. Thought space is transparent, too. A space for thinking, for experiencing. With your thoughts, you can see a tree outside and become completely absorbed by it. The mind can move beyond the boundary of the body. Interior and exterior space merge. Thought space is able to form connections, various trajectories and visions with regard to the space.

Transparent adj translucent. Transparency n  picture to be viewed by light shining through it or by projection.

Transparency is the condition of being in an in-between state.
-MR

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