Jaya Darriet

Remember… Light

Light is defined as “something that makes vision possible” or “the sensation aroused by stimulation of the visual receptors”. Light can only be understood in or as a relationship between what or who sees and the illuminated object. In that sense, light and what it illuminates are interpreted by the receptor. Remember… Light is composed of a series of video footage that register the passage of light in certain spaces and at certain times. Tightly framed vignettes of the natural world become abstracted and establish a screen of sorts, a visual field, for the movement of light. The act of mentally and visually separating the particular from the whole yields the idea of an incomplete presence. How does memory — of light— relate to perception? What role can photography play in that exchange?