Mark Bentley

The Mackintosh School of Architecture, Glasgow

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Artist Statement:

'Miradas traseras'. Backward glances. A look towards the places recognised by the other half in sleep and promptly shifted back-stage before the curtain rises. Places marked only by those who pass through swiftly on their way to what beats and shines with relentless purpose. Depositories for what wants to be hidden from above. Spaces caught between identities, slowly waiting to be registered in the archive of bespoke labels.
Hinterland of shadows that guard our fears, quietly fostering time for those who care to pause in the labyrinth within.

The spaces depicted are presented in portrait format, intended to heighten a sense of solitude and confrontation through a proportional relationship to the body. As opposed to letter-box panoramas, my photographs extend vertically from floor to ceiling, situating the viewer head-on within. A one-point perspective view is used to create a corridor-like sense of depth that is subverted by the superimposition of a second scene. Space becomes infinite and ambiguous rather than absolute and definitive.

Mark Bentley

The Mackintosh School of Architecture, Glasgow