Jad Oakes 'Preserving Time'

"If we were able to condense, or squeeze a period of time in to a single static image, what would it look like? Compressing and layering seconds, a sequence of events, or movements in chronological order giving a static image a journey. These are moments preserved of a point in time, that take place over a period of time. Preserving an existence or a memory." - Jad Oakes



This is good to look at as an example of a way in which linear time can be interpreted through a static medium and works in contrast with the time-based work of Hiroshi Sugimoto. Sugimoto's long exposures of theatres and seascapes appear fluid and transcendent, rather than layered actions like Oakes'.

When reflecting on some of the experiements I did last year, I was working in a similar way to Oakes, layering action upon action in attempt to build a narrative story and simultaneously show the development of time.