Unda Arte

Immediacy and Perpetuity

2013-04-29T18:14:00.000+02:00

Frames of Reference

2013-03-30T20:54:00.001+01:00

NDE/REVA

2012-12-21: A day without premonitions. 9.42 p.m.: Vertigo, falling backwards, concussion. Unconsciousness and haemorrhage.

Intermission beyond the concrete. NDE/REVA. A soothing dreamscape, discerning glimpses of a remote reality. An intense intruder breaching the protection, the refuge...

Unobtrusive voices from discreet phantoms surrounding the object. Reduced to a number. Clinical tests in sterile, white light. A dance macabre, echoing boundlessly in all extremities.

Left alone in a dissociated state. Alienation from the situation; looking at himself from the outside - seeing a character in a work of art or a work in progress...

Work in Progress

4+°C

2013-02-28T11:39:00.000+01:00

4+°C is one of 14 artworks in the multimedia exhibition Carbon Footprints - with art by Unda Arte and music by Armand Gutheim - shown in Portugal, February 1-17, 2013. The main theme concerns the environment and our lifestyle, explicitly and implicitly...

If this photograph had one, single keyword, it would be denial. The 4°C (39.2°F) scenarios, emphasized by an increasing number of scientists, are devastating. To quote a World Bank report from 2012, these scenarios will imply: “...the inundation of coastal cities; increasing risks for food production potentially leading to higher malnutrition rates; dry regions becoming dryer, wet regions wetter; unprecedented heat waves in many regions, especially in the tropics; substantially exacerbated water scarcity in many regions; increased frequency of high-intensity tropical cyclones; and irreversible loss of biodiversity...” Time for action or inaction..?

The Leisure Pool

2013-01-29T17:00:00.000+01:00

This photograph is one of 14 artworks in the multimedia expo Carbon Footprints - with art by Unda Arte and music by Armand Gutheim - shown in Portugal, February 1-17, 2013. The overall theme is related to the environment and our lifestyle, explicitly and implicitly...

Except problematizing what many industries/companies adventurously leave behind.., The Leisure Pool also poses questions about the future aesthetics of photography in this domain... Thus, the role of the artist/photographer may become more ambiguous.

Crescat Scientia Vita Excolatur

2012-12-21T18:09:00.000+01:00

Stigmata

2012-11-01T20:12:00.001+01:00

In the Studio

2012-10-20T14:38:00.000+02:00

Death of an Era

2012-10-05T21:50:00.000+02:00

One Step at a Time

2012-09-15T12:46:00.000+02:00

In His Room; Take 6

2012-09-07T19:52:00.000+02:00

Industrial Remnants

2012-08-30T20:30:00.001+02:00

Industrial Remnants is one of 14 artworks in the multimedia exhibition Carbon Footprints - with art by Unda Arte and music by Armand Gutheim - shown in Portugal, February 1-17, 2013. The main theme concerns the environment and our lifestyle, explicitly and implicitly...

A deserted carbonic acid factory... In the Western world the industrial era is mostly in the past... However, some companies in the West establish new factories in developing countries instead, by economic and environmental reasons...

A Different Ambience of Black

2012-07-28T21:46:00.000+02:00

Is this an exterior - or is this wall inside a house..? It is an interior, without roof...

Hyperrealism is sometimes claimed to be the characteristic mode of postmodernism (for example Jean Baudrillard in Simulations, 1983). In the realm of the hyperreal, the distinction between simulation and the "real" disappears...

Simulations are often the inspiration source, like here. Crime novels, crime television series, psychological thrillers etc. are examples that sometimes influence our view of black/darkness...

In some expressions "dark" is denoting something destructive or depressive. These expressions are popular - easy to use - in the press in some countries. This may be contributing to the duration of such associations...

Thus, in less sunny countries it is important to note that more or less creepy, obscure associations concerning black are neither natural nor deterministic... See "Ambience", where we go beyond this, and "Struggle with God", another example of hyperrealism.

Ambience

2012-06-30T23:53:00.000+02:00

As emphasized under "About" on this site, it's sometimes credible to interpret darkish/grayish nuances more or less positively... It's really too simple to say that such nuances are automatically depressive/destructive. You may also gain by thinking more positively about darkish/grayish nuances - especially if you happen to live in a country that is quite rainy and/or dark...

How do you feel when you're looking at this picture..? In our minds, the ambience here is calm, poetic, secure... A lot of children are not afraid of the dark, for example at home... There may be an adult outside this picture; the contact is trustful. In what way may a wider context of this kind alter the interpretation..?

The child may be saying something here - what..? However, we think that this child feels that the adult is listening.

Athazagoraphobia

2012-04-02T23:22:00.000+02:00

The Icarus Incident

2012-03-18T20:43:00.000+01:00

Unsigned

2012-02-27T10:53:00.000+01:00

Atrocities

2012-01-30T20:11:00.000+01:00

Terminal Life Form was exhibited at the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Seoul, November 2011 – February 2012.

Dream Unfolded

2012-01-16T15:03:00.000+01:00

Triptych III

2011-12-30T17:19:00.000+01:00

Perhaps you happen to live in a country with a, more or less, Christian culture? If so, let's presume, hypothetically, you didn't spend Christmas at home this year - and that plastic, pink Christmas tree wasn't ideal. What if your favourite dish tasted poison, your children were crying, Santa Claus was drunk, a storm took your electricity and you gained two kilos... However, all in all, it's better than losing your only child at Christmas... We know one of these afflicted couples.

This work of art may also represent one, two or three violently wounded persons at Christmas. Can you learn something here or not..? If so, what..? Taking Christmas less seriously or not..? Perhaps being more grateful for your Christmas or what you have - without any guilt, of course... Appreciation/meaning and well-being are undoubtedly intertwined..! Is it time to find a better balance between gratitude and working for new, interesting goals..? You know your own situation.

Take a look at the child again; suppose he or she is alive... As you can see, different techniques are used for the two halves. Why..? Who is the child - or the children..? What do the flames stand for, according to you..? If you ask us, the cross isn't in flames and it's not made of wood.

The person to the right is representing a woman from the 19th century. What is she made of..? Does she believe in God or not..? In this setting the frame is a postmodern experiment, i.e. the meeting between a woman from the past and new technology.

What is the man to the left representing in this context..? Does he believe in God or not..? There is a twist concerning the technique and the content. If you are discerning several different layers of interpretation, a suggestion is to really separate them. This may be important concerning the picture to the left. Especially if you reflect a little upon the title...

Janus And His Insect

2011-12-15T15:16:00.000+01:00

Uncle of Snow, Sauce And Liquorice

2011-12-04T13:35:00.001+01:00

Impressionist Building

2011-11-23T14:46:00.001+01:00

Book Cover (II)

2011-11-12T14:46:00.000+01:00

Unda Arte's book cover of the Swedish novel Mitt liv som du (My life as you) by Manuela Gaetani. Here you are meeting a person who can infiltrate your life, think your thoughts and feel what you are feeling...

Redemptio, the title of this photograph, denotes primarily deliverance from sin.., reconciliation by the work of Christ. Here the red leaves symbolise passion... According to Christian tradition, Jesus suffered and died for our sins. The significance of the angel may appear in the context after the deliverance, when tranquillity is reached.

This photograph was exhibited in a group expo, with the theme Easter and passion, at Gallery 3K in Old Town, Stockholm, during Easter 2013.

Struggle With God

2011-11-06T14:28:00.001+01:00

Woody Allen has described Ingmar Bergman as ”probably the greatest film artist, all things considered, since the invention of the motion picture camera”. Bergman directed over sixty films and documentaries, most of which he also wrote, and directed over one hundred and seventy plays.

Concerning his films, Bergman held Winter Light, Persona and Cries and Whispers in the highest regard, since these pushed the medium to its limit. In exploring death, faith, betrayal and insanity etc., his long time cinematographer Sven Nykvist was essential, capturing the light and the atmosphere on the screen. Our picture is inspired by Winter Light, where the priest, (doubting) Tomas.., struggles with God. Bergman himself struggled with his faith – and had a complicated relationship to his father, who was a priest...

This photo, many detective stories and Bergman's famous portrait of Death in The Seventh Seal – under a cloudy sky – may all be examples of postmodernist hyperrealism. Fiction inspires the interpretation of reality; ”gloomy” weather has obviously no natural connotations of anxiety/death...

Untitled # 26

2011-10-27T17:32:00.001+02:00

This photograph was published in the poetry magazine Post Scriptum (Kulturen) in July 2011.