Time Trials
Fiona Amundsen
2 December 2003 - January 2004 Fiona Amundsen’s hyper-realist photographic practice focuses
intently on empty spaces, indicative of New Zealand landscapes.
Her project at the Physics Room is an extension of her artist’s
book ‘Time Trials’, in which Amundsen has documented
empty speedways - noisy volatile sites caught in a rare moment
of silence and solitude, devoid of the expected signifiers or activity.
This series of photographs have been executed using a strict methodology,
emphasising similarities. The photograph’s formal structural
factors are pronounced, directing attention away from the actual
content of the photograph and towards the manner in which they
have been executed. The formulaic approach devised by the artist
results in a clear aesthetic across the series. Utilising controls
such as uniform technical specifications, weather and composition
has minimised the influence of chance in Amundsen’s photographs,
establishing a realistic ‘objective’ documentation
of the speedway sites and a ubiquity between them.
Fiona Amundsen has published
a catalogue to accompany this exhibition, with assistance from
the Waikato Institute of Technology. You can order
a copy of 'Time
Trials' the book from The Physics Room (NZ$10)
Reviews, Essays & ArticlesTime Trials
Essay by Stella Brennan
in The Physics Room Annual 2003
ISBN: 0-9582359-7-X
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