book Stek, © 2018, Art Paper Editions, Text touching ground by Stefan Vanthuyne
How do we look at a photograph of a place when there are no anchor points? How do we approach the surface of a landscape, rendered flat in an image, when there is no significant horizon, or when there are no trees for scale? Onto what do we cling our gaze? (Rocks, solid as they may be, are deceptive in size and therefore unreliable.)
‘Stek’ is a word that speaks of a certain space, or a certain spot in a certain space.
Stek (2018) is a still, and slow-paced book, a poetic geographical study of a landscape, as it floats over and along a specific spot in one gentle movement. With each page, the viewpoint gradually shifts, revealing more details. Navigation through the book allows to scan the environment in more detail. This process of scanning involves movement: it is using your eye like a moving camera to explore the surface.
‘Stek’ is a word that speaks of a certain space, or a certain spot in a certain space.
Stek (2018) is a still, and slow-paced book, a poetic geographical study of a landscape, as it floats over and along a specific spot in one gentle movement. With each page, the viewpoint gradually shifts, revealing more details. Navigation through the book allows to scan the environment in more detail. This process of scanning involves movement: it is using your eye like a moving camera to explore the surface.