Monica Bravo Symphasis Simultaneous Appearances

“I intend to draw parallels between the physical forms that are configured in familiar landscapes and the philosophical structures that are embedded within. “Symphasis…,” treats the blurring line between what is real and illusory by transposing existing physical boundaries into a virtual unrestricted territory. “For the time being…,” considers the relationships between systems of belief and a physical point of view that has been altered by the progression of time. Inferring that its physical position is irrelevant in all systems are viewed differently by each individual each time. “Taxidia…,” sets the viewer in a midpoint where physical journeys and the memory of dreams examine if we are really being what we want to be; or just reacting to what  institutions (i.e. family, religion, society) want us to be. “Syncronicity,” explores the notion of chance, destiny-life  purpose. The scheme is set as a slot machine, where we have the same situation occurring differently at the same time. These four videos each have a counterpart: Sequence(s), Interval(s), Oneira and Iota(s). These exists as still images from the videos that have been isolated, and superimposed in multiple layers to become objects that contain a simultaneous fraction of time.” – Monika Bravo 

Bravo used the means of video projection and played with pace/context of her installation. The artist enjoys showcasing the paradoxes of a simultaneous expanded and controlled environment in relation to the containers (aquarium), gallery, the occupants (fish), and the spectators, and the time of viewing (real time vs. recorded). Bravo combines the virtual to the actual, the tangible to the imaginary.