Stefano Nicolini2009Transitory 2
[Swimming Pools (Piscine)]
Colour slide 35 mm, printed on Hahnemuehle Baryta paper
70 x 106 cm
Provided by the artist - Stefano NicoliniTransitanti 2 [Transitory 2] is a Photo-Drawing dedicated to a women's synchronized diving competition. I believe that the clarity of the two athletes' profiles sets nicely with the chromatic explosion created by the "braid" of colours in the background.
As mentioned in
Tonica Nudita [Tonic Nakedness], the clarity of the two subjects in the photograph is not a simple result to obtain. The extreme swiftness and briefness of the action itself is in sharp contrast with the need to find and keep the framing until obtaining the perception of having focused, and therefore taking the photo. It all takes place in a handful of seconds and it is physically impossible to repeat the operation during the same dive.
The arched horizontal position of the athletes intersects with the vertical arches of the colours in the background, giving balance to the composition. I obtain the "braid" effect thanks to the palette of colours created by the spectators and owing to a very slight movement of my arms while following the divers' fall.
By moving my arms in different ways I produce various chromatic shapes which can be seen in other photographs in
Piscine [Swimming pools].
The well defined muscles of the two athletes compensate for the lack of the spectators' carnality, which instead is much more present in
Tonica Nudita [Tonic Nakedness] and
Carnalita gioiosa 1 [Joyful Carnality 1]. In
Transitanti 2 [Transitory 2] the spectators' joyful support to the divers' thinking action is given abundantly by the chromatic whirl which it forms.
The title
Transitanti 2 [Transitory 2] (Piscine also presents the photograph
Transitanti 1 [Transitory 1]), wants to emphasize the ethereal aspect of these bodies which seem to be flying in a timeless dimension. Therefore, they are not falling but in a transitory state which I wish would never end.
Stefano Nicolini (July 2010)
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