Time on the Tilt

originating from this, with the aid of research engineer Tibor
Groholy. One of the defining qualities of laser: it is a pinhole
light source, and it can be directed very well. This pinhole light
source may be directed to double mirrors, the mirrors moving
along the X and Y axis, and line drawings can be created utilizing
a computer. These are lines of light without any difference
in tone, and may be projected on a cityscape large scale.
I used this technology to re-create the ancient pictographs,
with the YAG lasers made by GT Laser.
Visual innovation cannot be stopped. Those attempting it
will turned to stone just like Lot’s wife. In art innovation must
not be hindered – as it is inevitable – it is the fetishization
what must be eradicated. And beneath the remains one must
find the most simple-complicated road leading from soul to
soul. So this is not modern enough? Allow me to retort: why
can’t we be independent, why should we follow the thought
of the men whose soul has been peeled of?
We should not judge modernity according to the standards
of the last century.
Today drawing with light lines is almost magical. It is pulsating,
alive, you see it being born from a point of light, the
scale of the line drawing is expanded. You may draw on walls,
on fabric, in space, on curtains of water, on drizzle of oil or
even clouds...
These possibilities for me are inevitably contrasted with
the start, the very beginning, the pictographs… Elks and reindeers,
horses, bears, bird headed or bug headed men, shamans
with crowns, water birds, herons, masks and ships. All
constructed out of lines. The line, the simplest tool of visual
expression could have been drawn into sand, but they have
chosen to engrave it into rock. They have fought for durability.
Light lines make us reinterpret these drawing. They created
a virtual reality, which turns the space of a church into a canvass
of light. The magical power of the lines is emphasized. In
the Kiscelli Museum we might almost experience the birth.
The forms appeared on pillars at the height of ten meters, on
the rustic plane between the pillars, on fabrics on water-vapor,
these constantly changing drawing of light do not damage
anything, and disappear as soon as the electromagnetic radiation
is turned off.
The pictographs were created millennia ago. We do not really
know why. According the most probable explanation as
parts of a hunting ritual. Simple and particular. Created by
people who were very familiar with their own environment.
They still had faith, trust, empathy and vigor. Through them,
we can reach new perspectives. These drawings are perfect
examples of visual creation. They remain effective. They constitute
the beginning of art, or at least visual art. They mark
the first significant achievements of human consciousness.
They were born out of entrails, but their content is not dominated
by the base instincts, they were pulsating with the
yearning for a contact of a more complete word transcending
humanity. The hidden power of nature.
These drawing are reborn in the magical flow of light
forms. And the magical flow of light forms is followed by
sounds: a Hungarian folk song “I like the sun, I like the moon,
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