The artists in this collaboration and the authors of these lasergrams come from distant fields in the arts: Philippe Vogelenzang works in the domain of photography, whereas Evelina Domnitch and Dmitry Gelfand stage multi-sensory installations and performances exploring cutting-edge science, from cosmology to quantum physics.
The three of them were first introduced to each other about 20 years ago, when they all shared studios at an artist complex on the Damrak, Amsterdam. After having years ago shot a photographic series together, they are now co-creating 'lasergrams': photograms generated by laser light. Combining their different ‘eyes’ and talents, these one-of-a-kind artworks reveal hidden interactions between light and matter.
Philippe Vogelenzang (1982), work internationally as a photographer. He has his background in Art History at the UVA, and photography at the Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague. Besides publishing in many magazines and platforms, he was nominated for the RABO Dutch Portrait Award 2021. He was part of the exposition; 'Don’t Stop Now, Fashion Photography Next' (2014), FOAM Photomuseum, Amsterdam (curated by Magdalene Keaney), and is featured in the book of Thames & Hudson. In 2016 he exhibited in FOAM again during Helmut Newton's retrospective, and in 2021 he launched his first book called 'I,XXX; Through a Lens of Love'. Raising portraiture and still sculptures to art and celebrating the world famous 'free spirit' of Amsterdam. The city that inspired him so much on his path through life and in photography.
Evelina Domnitch (1972) and Dmitry Gelfand (1974) create multi-sensory artworks that merge physics, chemistry and computer science with uncanny philosophical practices. Their installations and performances exist as ever-transforming phenomena offered for observation. The duo’s practice has emerged through unorthodox collaborations with pioneering research groups, including LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory), and the EU Quantum Flagship. They are recipients of the Witteveen+Bos Prize (2019), Meru Art*Science Award (2018), and five Ars Electronica Honorary Mentions (2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2017).