Nicolas Sanchez L.

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Nocturne II

[2017] A portrait of night in Berlin. Analog photo, charcoal over Giclée print. At night, the usual structure of cities, with its architecture of buildings, houses, public furniture, squares, gardens, vegetation, lamps, corners, streets and sidewalks, transcend their daylight physical appearance into deeper beings that conform a metaphysical alphabet of a mysterious realm. Walking the night not only sharpens our vision and hearing, but also brings the whole being into a state of alert and deeper resonance. The quietness and stillness of night scenes inspire a numinous mix of fear and attraction: to the uncertain, to diffuseness, to the incomplete and the never ending search for completeness. Artificial light, in the story of our cities, altered our perception of the night at the same moment that it brought it into view. That was the birth of the workday and nightlife as concepts, and the banishment of night was a symbol of the triumph of progress. The magnetism of light also implied the obliteration of darkness, and the nocturnal landscape is always an open, empty scenario that reveals this subtle struggle as a metaphor of human experience in nowadays cities. A portrait of night in Berlin. Analog photo and charcoal over Giclée print.

  1. Volkspark Hasenheide

    Analog photography, Giclée print and charcoal over cotton paper, 150 x 180 cm

  2. Leinestrasse

    Analog photography, Giclée print and charcoal over cotton paper, 150 x 180 cm

  3. Mittelweg

    Analog photography, Giclée print and charcoal over cotton paper, 150 x 180 cm

  4. Lilienthalstrasse

    Analog photography, Giclée print and charcoal over cotton paper, 150 x 180 cm

  5. Columbiadamm

    Analog photography, Giclée print and charcoal over cotton paper, 150 x 180 cm

  6. Haus der Statistik

    Analog photography, Giclée print and charcoal over cotton paper, 150 x 180 cm

  7. Kino International

    Analog photography, Giclée print and charcoal over cotton paper, 150 x 180 cm

  8. Lichtenraderstrasse

    Analog photography, Giclée print and charcoal over cotton paper, 150 x 180 cm

  9. Tempelhofer Feld

    Analog photography, Giclée print and charcoal over cotton paper, 150 x 180 cm

  10. DeutschePost Paketboxen

    Analog photography, Giclée print and charcoal over cotton paper, 150 x 180 cm

  11. Nocturne I & II

    Installation view

  12. Nocturne I & II

    Installation view