New Media Artist, Paul-Emile Rioux presents the Geon's project.
In Recognition by Components Theory,
Geons are the simple shapes, such as cones or spheres,
which form the building blocks of object recognition.
Dans la théorie de la reconnaissance par composant,
les Géons sont les formes simples,
telles que les cônes ou les sphères,
qui forment les blocs de construction de la reconnaissance d'objets.
Geons are the simple shapes, such as cones or spheres,
which form the building blocks of object recognition.
Dans la théorie de la reconnaissance par composant,
les Géons sont les formes simples,
telles que les cônes ou les sphères,
qui forment les blocs de construction de la reconnaissance d'objets.
These works continue a dialogue with landscape,
which has been ongoing in my past work, as well as form and meaning.
which has been ongoing in my past work, as well as form and meaning.
Geon_Sp_11a_aV3, Archival Pigment Print, 50 X 50 in / 127 X 127 cm, Edition: 5
Dans le langage humain,
il y a moins de 55 phonèmes,
et de même, moins de 40 Géons
seraient nécessaires afin de représenter et d'identifier visuellement
presque tout ce qu'un être humain
peut rencontrer dans sa vie quotidienne
In all of human language,
there are fewer than 55 phonemes,
and similarly, fewer than 40 Geons
are required to visually represent and identify
almost everything a human being
may come across in his or her daily life.
there are fewer than 55 phonemes,
and similarly, fewer than 40 Geons
are required to visually represent and identify
almost everything a human being
may come across in his or her daily life.
Landscape becomes a field of possibilities.
Geon_Cu_C_10, Archival Pigment Print, 50 X 50 in / 127 X 127 cm, Edition: 5
In physics a Geon is a theoretical entity.
Geon is a contraction of “gravitational electromagnetic entity”
and was coined by the theoretical physicist John Archibald Wheeler.
Geon is a contraction of “gravitational electromagnetic entity”
and was coined by the theoretical physicist John Archibald Wheeler.
Geon_CClus_7, Archival Pigment Print, 50 X 50 in / 127 X 127 cm, Edition: 5
" Wheeler later proved geons would either ‘blow up’ or ‘implode’ very quickly if they were ever to form. However he also gave us the tantalising suggestion that maybe geons had a very brief existence in the early universe, or perhaps they are flashing into and out of existence right now."
Lilian, University of Lancaster, Student Blog,
Geon_Cu_1_Pl_BL_10, Archival Pigment Print, 50 X 50 in / 127 X 127 cm, Edition: 5
In this series, the images are not necessarily visually complicated, in fact they are often rather sparse.
Geon_Sph_10, Archival Pigment Print, 50 X 50 in / 127 X 127 cm, Edition: 5
We, as actors looking, create and limit the possibilities of the out there.
Geon_Treil_a, Archival Pigment Print, 50 X 50 in / 127 X 127 cm, Edition: 5
Landscapes must constantly
be created and recreated
by the act of viewing, observing.
be created and recreated
by the act of viewing, observing.
Geon_Klus_7, Archival Pigment Print, 50 X 50 in / 127 X 127 cm, Edition: 5
“Physical objects are postulated entities which round out and simplify our account of the flux of existence… The conceptual scheme of physical objects is a convenient myth, simpler than the literal truth and yet containing the literal truth as scattered part.”
Geon_L4_SpV_2, Archival Pigment Print, 50 X 50 in / 127 X 127 cm, Edition: 5
My landscapes do not exist, but nor are they wholly imaginary. They exist in some in-between zone. They are like geons which, while familiar, do not resolve into immediately perceivable objects. They both exist
and do not exist, as if in some superposed state.
and do not exist, as if in some superposed state.