nasos karabelas
ABOUT THE ARTIST
The kind of photography that Nasos Karabelas has been dealing with is experimental photography and, in particular, “the possibilities of deformation of the human body.” He attempts to escape from what is traditionally known as photography and turn towards other mediums of art such as painting. The alienated body and fuzzy features of the engravings of matter reflect the ambiguous and unstable emotions and thoughts that constitute the subject of his photography. One of the main features of his work is the frequent use of the “long exposure” technique, through which he explores, from a new point of view, his various subjects. Using the human figure as his main theme, he aims at creating new forms and giving them new meaning. This series represents his attempt to understand the functioning of sensations, to explore the space of emotions and the interaction between the forms of the image and the viewer. Each photo is an entity that includes a certain mental condition. Thus, the work presents a variety of emotional loads within a world that is as ambiguous as our own. The forms acquire a dreamlike dimension; sometimes their contours are not easily understood. The exploration of these forms within the photographs provides the opportunity to discover the various aspects of our psychosynthesis. The imprinted forms indicate an extension of ourselves and express our deeper psychic world. The deformed and fragile forms resemble an endless flow of feelings. For Karabelas, the camera becomes the prime tool for observation, exploration, and rediscovery of the world of emotions, while the use of black and white offers the right aesthetics for depicting forms and framing emotions. With the idea of movement continually imprinted on his photographs, the people appear as if enclosed within a new reality, a fuzzy and deformed reality, a dimension that belongs to the world of dreams and chaos.
