Kenturah Davis b. 1980

The invitation from The Lapis Press to collaborate turned into a fulfilling lesson in walking in the dark…we felt our way through two years of r&d to emerge with two works that recalibrate the act of seeing. They portray the subtle, improvised movements among dancers to highlight the potent possibilities of our quotidian encounters. Creating a body of long exposure photographs that could be integrated into the sophisticated lenticular technology that The Lapis Press has developed proved to be an interesting challenge.

 

 

Introducing a mirror into the scene of duration I - (jada) extended the experience of space and time as the subject’s gaze shifts across the frame. Ultimately, it delivers the illusive magic of lenticular images with a sense of ephemeral multiplicity.


tangents (jada - marjani - marcella), an archival pigment print on paper, foregrounds an anomaly of lights streaking around three figures. Even as they appear to be in a state of pause, the image proposes that nothing is static and every aspect of our reality is a dynamic orchestration of movement.

This new collaboration with The Lapis Press forms a bridge between photography and my extensive drawing practice. It highlights the significant role photography plays in my efforts to create images and objects that ask for slow looking and thoughtful reflection about how we perceive ourselves in the world.  
Kenturah Davis