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Untitled

Photograph
2002 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Black holes conjure up associations of darkness, obscurity and loss of meaning. The black hole in this image is an unexpected fiction, turning a barren landscape into a stage and twisting the traditional premise of photography as truthful. Taking his lead from the physicist Werner Heisenberg's 'Uncertainty Principle', which claims that things only exist if and when they are observed, Edgar Martins explores the relationship between landscape, photography and reality.


Object details

Category
Object type
Titles
  • Untitled (generic title)
  • Black Holes and Other Inconsistencies (series title)
Materials and techniques
C-type print
Brief description
'Untitled', 2002 from the series 'Black Holes and Other Inconsistencies' by Edgar Martins (born Évora, Alentejo region, Portugal, 1977)
Physical description
Photograph of black cloth on a road.
Dimensions
  • Height: 21.5in
  • Width: 25.5in
Gallery label
Black holes conjure up associations of darkness, obscurity and loss of meaning. The black hole in this image is an unexpected fiction, turning a barren landscape into a stage and twisting the traditional premise of photography as truthful. Taking his lead from the physicist Werner Heisenberg's 'Uncertainty Principle', which claims that things only exist if and when they are observed, Edgar Martins explores the relationship between landscape, photography and reality.(20/02/2006)
Credit line
Given by The Moth House
Production
Photographed in Alentejo, Portugal
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Summary
Black holes conjure up associations of darkness, obscurity and loss of meaning. The black hole in this image is an unexpected fiction, turning a barren landscape into a stage and twisting the traditional premise of photography as truthful. Taking his lead from the physicist Werner Heisenberg's 'Uncertainty Principle', which claims that things only exist if and when they are observed, Edgar Martins explores the relationship between landscape, photography and reality.
Collection
Accession number
E.396-2005

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Record createdNovember 29, 2005
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