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One Moon in a Thousand Seas

[person_by] Hiryczuk / Van Oevelen Elodie Hiryczuk Sjoerd van Oevelen

December 2019

The photo series One Moon in a Thousand Seas depicts the infinite play of moonlight on the sea surface. The photos show successive reflections of the moon on the water, from a single point of light to increasingly intricate figures and characters, depending on the swell of the sea. The images balance between abstraction and figuration, between photography and calligraphy, stimulating a more direct experience of the image beyond references such as language, codes and signs. 

The title for this project comes from the ancient Buddhist idea of 'the moon in a thousand ponds': When we look at the reflection of the moon in the water, we experience this as the only reality forgetting the other millions of appearances that the same moon brings about elsewhere at exactly the same time. The realization that there is always a tension between what we as humans see, what we experience and what we know encourages us to see the world as a dynamic and ever-changing whole of which we are only a part. 
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Hiryczuk / Van Oevelen
Hiryczuk / Van Oevelen is a collaboration between artists/ researchers Elodie Hiryczuk (1977, Avignon) and Sjoerd van Oevelen (1974, Steenbergen). They are interested in the workings of perception in humankind's relationship to nature and the landscape. The differences and similarities between Western and Eastern traditions of painting and photography deeply shape their work and thinking.

Elodie Hiryczuk
Elodie Hiryczuk (b. 1977) is a French/ Dutch artist and researcher based in Amsterdam. She collaborates with Sjoerd van Oevelen under the name Hiryczuk/ Van Oevelen. Their work explores the workings of perception in humankind's relationship to nature and the landscape.

Sjoerd van Oevelen
Sjoerd van Oevelen (b. 1974) is a Dutch artist and researcher based in Amsterdam. He collaborates with Elodie Hiryczuk under the name Hiryczuk/ Van Oevelen. Their work explores the workings of perception in humankind's relationship to nature and the landscape.

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Junipers, Hiryczuk / Van Oevelen, 2017

Hiryczuk / Van Oevelen Elodie Hiryczuk Sjoerd van Oevelen

The project ‘Towards a Gaze Multiple’ is currently conducted by artists and PhD candidates Elodie Hiryczuk and Sjoerd van Oevelen at LUCAS Centre for the Arts in Society at Leiden University.  …  

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