Experiment 1, 2, 3 y 6
550
Santiago de Chile.
2023
The exhibition “Experiments 1, 2, 3 and 6” form part of the research and exhibition project Colour Laboratory, which is based on the publication El libro de los siete espectros (The Book of Seven Spectres), edited and published by Fernanda Aránguiz through Publicar como Práctica.
The colour of reality
Warm gray ashes
Cold gray fog
Gray storm the present, autumn
Gray element metal, graphite
Gray space the dream
Gray landscape city, asphalt
Gray atmosphere fear
Gray history mistake
Gray word ambiguity
Gray mood melancholy
Gray emotion despair
Gray bodily brain, gray matter
Gray subject the unnoticed
Gray existence the irrelevant
Gray psychological apathy
Gray vital integrity, meaning
Gray reality the double
Gray possible illusion
Gray truth nothingness, the end.
“"We use only one word to refer to this colour spectrum, but there are many types of grey," said Sofía. I wrote these words down in my notes and thought that it's an intermediate colour, transitioning from one shade to another, and that this can apply to many things. It's a spectrum that, like reality, defies definition — a constant swing between uncertainty and subjectivity. Between being and non-being, closeness and distance, black and white, shadow and light. If blue is for the eyes, grey is for events. In psychology, grey is considered a cold colour, not a neutral one. In colour theory, it is considered achromatic and has its own complementary colour. From a subjective point of view, it could be any colour. Finding shades in grey requires the will to see, drawing strength from weakness and making an extraordinary effort. If there were a black sun, its light would be grey”.
Fernanda Aránguiz M.