Victoria Eden

Entrances and apertures remain in a form that has been destroyed. The narrative comes from within the viewer, the individual must interpret the story.

The openings draw the eye to the sooty darkness of the inside but they also take the vision beyond the form, beyond the trauma, to a new unknown.

Height:65cm  Width:30cm  Depth:12.5cm 

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The three separate forms can be reconfigured to create a different whole.

In this piece the apertures are aligned in such a way that the eye of the viewer must move through three different layers to see the space behind.

Height:65cm  Width:30cm  Depth:12.5cm 

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A third configuration of the Aftermath piece.

Height:65cm  Width:30cm  Depth:12.5cm 

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Apertures reveal a dark enclosed space with an inaccessible interior.

Height:65cm  Width:30cm  Depth:12.5cm 

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Openings give piercing glimpses of light that lead the eye beyond the interior. Regularity counterbalances destruction.

Height:41cm  Width:24cm  Depth:6cm 

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A rear view of Aftermath 5.  

From this angle the interior is even less visible and the feeling of containment becomes greater.

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Aperture is masked by aperture.

The view into the interior becomes complicated.

Height:41cm  Width:28cm  Depth:9cm 

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Detail of the pierced facades.

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