ART Habens
Joshua Healey Lapena
question the limits of painting as a medium for communicating my ideas further .
‘ Laurence Jones ’ architecture also inspired me to carry on investigating how structures inform the way we see the world . Imagination has played a huge role in my art making process ; while on my degree , I was involved in creating an exhibition called coda . By accident the works had a black theme . This was a huge success , as it challenged the way conceptual art within a collective engages with the public .
I ’ m half Spanish and part South African . On my Spanish side my family come from a village in the mountains , where the scenery is molded by industrialization and natural history . The village is in a vitrine between two mountains creating a combined feeling of human isolation and a connection with nature . The rock formations form turrets and arches while the fog creates an eerie ambiance around the hazel nut trees . In South Africa , there is a larger variation of plants that are in a very different relation to industrial interests . Technology is all around us , but its relation to nature has limitations , which I want to understand further .
Most of the imagery I look for comes from my experience of observing natural scenes and the imaginary use of technology . Specifically , I am interested in the questions that have to do with the psychology of the relation between gravity and time . I have watched a lot of science fiction series and movies ; Johnnie Darko was interesting , as the alternate worlds he lives through reach the same end where an aircraft turbine crashes through his house and kills him . They appear to be sourced from the unconscious . The subject is
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