Overview participating exhibitions
Terra Cognita
2012
Terra Cognita
Edi Szekely
White Noise (2012)
Sfumato, Italian for ‘smoky’, is a technique in painting in which the contours of objects are blurred. With the use of a 3D programme and mathematical noise algorithms Edi Szekely created idyllic, apparently virgin landscapes. But by applying a sfumato technique to parts of the image, the impression of mystery is evoked. It is reminiscent of the way in which we usually think about landscape: as something that is largely shaped by interventions on the part of man.
Biography
The German photographer Edi Szekely (Romania, 1986) studied photography at the Dortmund University of Applied Sciences. His work is a symbiosis between technology and nature, two ostensibly contrasting elements