I have been dabbling with image making experiments, once again expressing my reactions to medical issues around declining faculties
experienced during the ageing process. This time I am endeavouring to express
some subtle and not so subtle changes in visual acuity that have come about by
an eye stroke or technically termed a Central Retinal Vein Occlusion.
Apparently this causes a haemorrhaging of blood into the
back of the eye that affects the retina and a loss of vision. So at the moment
my sight in my left eye varies from 90% to 10% loss with blurring.
The images shown below are an attempt to describe those
losses which may or may not become permanent at any of these stages or complete
loss as a worst case scenario. Hopefully it will remain as a single eye phenomenon.
My inspiration for this new series is prompted by the
work of Italian artist Robert Bosisio. I am using photographic methods to achieve
a similar effect but for different expressive outcomes. I am using the new Shiftcam
system of lenses for the iPhone for this creative exercise.
The images below are re-purposed or re-photographed images
from my originals or from screen shots from computer monitors or TV screens. I am
finding new ways to edit or manipulate etc., as I go along this journey.
Sometimes, I have a central white area with a gold halo
and parts of the image showing.
At other times, I have just blurry images or images that
are interrupted by a greyed out mesh with segments of the image passing through; I am yet to explore this as a visual representation.
