April 2015
Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Untitled
2015
Digital photograph
From the series Too Much of the Air
Too Much of the Air
And now for something completely different… after 16 months hard work, I have completed a new 52 image sequence.
Below is a selection of images from the sequence. Please click on the photographs for a larger version of the image.
To view the whole sequence please visit my website.
“Imagine being in these planes knowing that you only had moments to live, and knowing that you could do nothing about it. What brought you to that point, what decisions did you take as a human being (or were taken for you) that enacted this scenario.
The “greatness” as the event passes is what is being worked with here. It is the inverse aspect of the sublime. Usually the sublime is regarded as beyond time … but not here. Essentially I am sustaining the last moments of a doomed life, outside of time.
We are unusually privileged to experience the sublime in this way. It is usually a lost aspect through the death of the witness.”
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Dr Marcus Bunyan
Note: these images will be printed large to reinforce the disintegration of the image, technology and human being. Tullio Crali‘s painting Before the Parachute Opens (Prima che si apra il paracadute) (1939) was one of a few starting points, inspirations, for the new sequence.
Photographs are available from this series for purchase. As a guide, a digital colour 16″ x 20″ costs $1000 plus tracked and insured shipping. For more information please see my Store web page.
Beginning of the sequence
End of the sequence
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