Kind of blurry online
Fernstrg launches kindofblurry.org
Photo Ana A. Fernández
‘Kind of blurry’ is the result of my fascination about fading and unsharpness. Blurriness for me is a very broad concept, since it refers both to physical conditions –such as lack of vision resulting from meteorological phenomena as fog– and to psychological aspects such as dementia. It is no coincidence that the English word ‘fog’ refers both to a meteorological phenomenon and to a mental state characterized by lethargy and confusion.
The thirst for scientific knowledge is the foundation of my project, it is fuelled by a love of observation and a deep curiosity about disciplines outside the artistic domain: it is a search for enlightenment through science. But, ‘Kind of blurry’ is above all dedicated to the grey zone, the possibility of multiple interpretations: it is an hommage to the blur itself.
In an era marked by hyperinformation, my project is an ode to unsharpness: a reflection on the human being’s confusion and bewilderment; a return to experience, which both reveals and conceals the essence of things. ‘Kind of blurry’ is a jump without parachute into a world of phenomena (fog, clouds, explosions) and confusion (dementia, sleep, memory).
This project, initiated in January 2009 and still in development, has led me to seek encounters with various experts who patiently shared with me the secrets of their fields of knowledge.
My ‘explorations on blurriness’ are intended to serve as a sort of cartography of unsharpness. Paradoxically, this cartography helps you to get lost. The navigation, which uses tags as unique points of reference, requires a non-linear reading.
The website has been built by Fernstrg.