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The Empty Space Project

When:    May 1, 2006  -  May 30, 2006
Artist(s): Francesca Mataraga
Francesca Mataraga exhibition image
Untitled II 2006, The Empty Space, Mirror, acrylic mirror, acrylic on MDF, 30cm x 30cm x 25cm

The Empty Space Project is an ongoing investigation into imaginary and negative space. Solid forms act as brackets to the space between them. This usually empty space is articulated as a solid object through the use of clear acrylic and mirror.

The space between two entities, bodies, buildings or objects is often seen as empty, devoid of meaning. And yet it is this very space which determines the why we experience the spatial relationship between the solid shapes. It is the negative space which activates the things it separates. The void is not a dead space but rather, a space in which we as the viewers are situated, an active and interactive space.