st motorino 2008
shelter 2007
necessary illusions 2007
abstract particulars 2006
mapping mother 2006
for-, 2006
civilise 2006
surface 2005
revere 2005
excavare 2005
desert 2005
ether 2005
janus 2004
domestic sculpture 2004
of uncertain nature 2004
commonality 2003
campania 2002
proximity 2002
palimpsest 2001
mitosis-meiosis 1998
stately european portraits 1995
untitled 1993
untitled 1991
untitled 1989
landscapes 1988




 

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Ja·nus     P   Pronunciation Key  (jns)
n. 1. Roman Mythology. The god of gates and doorways, depicted with two faces looking in opposite directions.

The content and the context of these images has been subverted by the erroneous decisions made at the of point shutter release. The subject is deliberately obscured by a doubling effect, hiding the personal, social or scenic impulse from which the moment was inspired. The result mirrors the flux, repetition and deliberate obscuring of meaning propagated by our leaders via the media with respect to world events.