Waterfall (Offset Painting Patterns)

“Waterfall (Offset Painting Patterns)” takes its name after a formation from Polovragi cave, in Romania, called “Waterfall”. The work draws inspiration from the sound of dripping water echoing within the cave, speaking of the natural processes that gradually sculpted the cave’s structures while evoking a sense of timelessness.

The work contemplates how the natural landscape can be communicated through digital representations and the new perspectives these interpretations may offer, potentially altering our perception of it. It incorporates sound as a meaningful aspect of the portrayal.

Positioned in the center of the composition, a 3D scan of the ‘Waterfall’ is depicted simultaneously from two perspectives: a frontal view, and as a projection from the rear, a viewpoint detached from the limitations of the physical realm. The scans were assigned materials that made them react to their digital environment as well as to the processed sound of the dripping water recorded in the proximity of the ‘Waterfall’, as a reflection of the interplay among the elements of the natural world.

The work is part of “Offset Painting Patterns. Landscapes.”, a collection of paintings mixing 3D scans from nature with born-digital terrains, 3D modeled objects and materials created in a game engine. These landscape paintings are a materialization of an ongoing research on the influence of digital technologies on the patterns of perception and representation of the natural landscape. The series is part of “Obsolete Landscapes” body of work.

Waterfall (Offset Painting Patterns) video (sound), 2880 x 1620, 1 min 26 sec, 2023