The same as it never was

Gert Motmans explores a range of media such as photography and collage merging his photography work with weathered paper, vintage images, books, etc resulting in unique, one off pieces. Fascinated by how time creates natural imperfect beauty it is his aim to recover what is transient and to give it new life, to keep it around. The different elements are cut out from their original format to set in motion various processes and alternative techniques, thus changing their original meaning. The final image is detached from time and place resulting in a floating, eternal state. “the same as it never was” showcases a photographic series shot in Japan depicting the harmony of nature by contrasting its natural flowing forms juxtaposed with defined geometry, exploring the boundaries between the figurative and abstract. These unique pieces invite us to go beyond our own expectations of reality and question our relationship with time, space and memory.