Following my previous exhibition at Shoobil, "You are not something, you are happening," which featured meditative paintings rooted in Hindu and Buddhist philosophy (specifically yantra paintings), both my work and I underwent another evolution.
Towards the end of 2023, I began experimenting with video, driven by a deep exploration of the relationship between color and sound frequencies. This was inspired by a belief from Hindu philosophy that everything is ultimately sound. According to this view, colors inherently carry their own specific frequencies of sound. This idea led to a collaboration with musician Jonathan Poliart, where we explored the interplay between visual and auditory frequencies, resulting in new video works.
During this process, I encountered the Solfeggio frequencies, which are known for their healing effects on the human body. Fascinatingly, these frequencies correspond to certain healing color frequencies found in yoga philosophy. After further research, we decided to bring together these sound and color frequencies in a series of video pieces and investigate their combined effects.
The visual aspect of this work was influenced by the experimental animations of artists like Oskar Fischinger and John Whitney, pioneers of abstract composition in animation. I also drew inspiration from James Turrell and Doug Wheeler, who used light and color as autonomous media. In our videos, simplifying form and slowing down movement became key: geometric areas of color flow gradually into one another, accompanied by a soundscape of resonant frequencies. These works invite the viewer into a state of focus, stillness, and possibly even meditation.
The simplicity of these animations intrigued me and led me to explore how to translate their essence into painting. I sought to capture the essential qualities of the videos—the simplicity, slowness, and harmony of color and frequency—within a static medium. This new series of paintings was also shaped by my personal experiences with Vipassana meditation, the philosophy of Theravada Buddhism, and the modernist painting of artists such as Frank Stella, Kenneth Noland, Stanley Twardowicz, Wojciech Fangor, and Josef Albers. In merging these influences, I aim to bridge Eastern philosophies with Western visual culture, with which I am more intimately familiar.
Increasingly, I perceive this evolution and exploration as part of an unceasing and inevitable flow of cause and effect, both physical and mental. My thoughts and actions seem intertwined with a constantly evolving, underlying, serendipitous force that propels them forward in uncontrollable motion. In reality, beginnings and endings do not exist—there is only an endless cycle of change, unfolding in perpetual silence.
Only peace lasts forever.