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The Play of Water and Fire<\/h2>\n

<\/a>KAMI1<\/sup><\/a>: The Play of Water & Fire<\/cite> is a series of color drawings I occasionally practice to the present day that I started in 2015 as an exercise aimed to initiate me into drawing and painting again after a long pause.<\/p>\n

In the pursuit to find a more fluid way of expressing myself I started with containing the drawing into a small square \u2013 giving it imaginary borders that intensified my focus while limiting the hue to an interplay of <\/a>blues, reds and yellows2<\/sup><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The fact that I decreased the size of space I worked upon and gave it definite borders, even if just for the sake of crossing them later on, gave me the confidence to devote myself to work on this small piece of paper joyfully without chasing the finish line. So, paradoxically it was containment that made me thrust forwards into a new direction.<\/p>\n

Upon my attempt to draw the series again after roughly three years I discovered I need to find out the formula again in which I was working \u2013 that same logic of form and color combinations that made the whole resonate in me specifically as KAMI: The Play of Water & Fire<\/cite> and not something else. So, I set myself up to analyze old drawings and find out the common denominator between them.<\/p>\n

The shapes I was working with could maybe best be described as abstract and simplified ornamentals that at times became more akin to schematics. These shapes flow despite the stark contrasts that are present. The square in the middle of the drawing does not destroy the form that flows through it but acts as a lens or filter upon the form presenting us with an illusion of transparence \u2013 showing us another aspect of it \u2013 so blue shades prevail on the outside of the square while the red ones are mostly inside, sprinkling out occasionally now and then.<\/p>\n

There is a certain balance present between the warm and cold colors as we can perceive both sets of colors have similar <\/a>intervals3<\/sup><\/a> between them. The warm colors range from cadmium yellow to scarlet red, while the blue ones range from a reddish helioblue to more subtle ranges of ultramarine. So, some color pairs of close or similar light intensity produce an effect of enforced contours or vibrating <\/a>boundaries4<\/sup><\/a>. Staring into shapes of such contrasts produces semblances of vibration and pulsation that could be described as halos or auras. This effect refers to the <\/a>after-image5<\/sup><\/a> that presents itself to us after staring at an intensely colored object for a substantial time so when looking at a neutral background our senses present us an illusion of complementary color due to fatigue of the optical substance in the <\/a>photoreceptors6<\/sup><\/a>. Staring at a shape with surfaces of stark contrast produces illusions of pulsation and vibration in our senses and while invigorating for a short time it is tiring if attempted to persist with sustained focus.<\/p>\n

Therefore the series of drawings KAMI: The Play of Water & Fire<\/cite> are akin to sensory activators, attempts to explore the visual senses and subtleties of perception.<\/p>\n

\"Lena <\/a>
Lena Franoli\u0107 – KAMI: Igra vatre i vode \/ The Play of Fire & Water \/ Das Spiel von Wasser und Feuer 2015 (olovka u boji \/ coloured pencil \/ Frabstift – 15 x 15 cm) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Lena <\/a>
Lena Franoli\u0107 – KAMI: Igra vatre i vode \/ The Play of Fire & Water \/ Das Spiel von Wasser und Feuer 2015 (olovka u boji \/ coloured pencil \/ Frabstift – 15 x 15 cm) <\/div> <\/div>
\"Lena <\/a>
Lena Franoli\u0107 – KAMI: Igra vatre i vode \/ The Play of Fire & Water \/ Das Spiel von Wasser und Feuer 2015 (olovka u boji \/ coloured pencil \/ Frabstift – 15 x 15 cm) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Lena <\/a>
Lena Franoli\u0107 – KAMI: Igra vatre i vode \/ The Play of Fire & Water \/ Das Spiel von Wasser und Feuer 2015 (olovka u boji \/ coloured pencil \/ Frabstift – 15 x 15 cm) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Lena <\/a>
Lena Franoli\u0107 – KAMI: Igra vatre i vode \/ The Play of Fire & Water \/ Das Spiel von Wasser und Feuer 2015 (olovka u boji \/ coloured pencil \/ Frabstift – 15 x 15 cm) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Lena <\/a>
Lena Franoli\u0107 – KAMI: Igra vatre i vode \/ The Play of Fire & Water \/ Das Spiel von Wasser und Feuer 2015 (olovka u boji \/ coloured pencil \/ Frabstift – 15 x 15 cm) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Lena <\/a>
Lena Franoli\u0107 – KAMI: Igra vatre i vode \/ The Play of Fire & Water \/ Das Spiel von Wasser und Feuer 2015 (olovka u boji \/ coloured pencil \/ Frabstift – 15 x 15 cm) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Lena <\/a>
Lena Franoli\u0107 – KAMI: Igra vatre i vode \/ The Play of Fire & Water \/ Das Spiel von Wasser und Feuer 2015 (olovka u boji \/ coloured pencil \/ Frabstift – 15 x 15 cm) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

[1<\/sup>]^<\/a> <\/a>Keane, John J. (2016). Cultural and Theological Reflections on the Japanese Quest for Divinity<\/cite>. ISBN 9789004322400.<\/p>\n

One of the many theories about the etymological origin of the word \u2018kami\u2019<\/i> states it comes from the proto-Japonic \u2018kamugami\u2019<\/i> which means \u2018to shine (into the eye)\u2019<\/i>. The word \u2018kami\u2019<\/i> is a Japanese word used in many ways so John J. Keane states that the word \u2018kami\u2019<\/i> is difficult to clarify because the Japanese language allows for proper interpretation only if the words being used are understood together with the nuances and implications contained in what is being said. That being said \u2018kami\u2019<\/i> also means \u2018paper\u2019<\/i> in Japanese, especially thin paper with one-sided print used for origami<\/i> – a Japanese paper folding technique.<\/p>\n

[2<\/sup>]^<\/a> <\/a>Tanhofer, Nikola. (2008). O boji na filmu i srodnim medijima<\/cite>. (eng. On Color: Color on Film and Related Media) ISBN 9789536045556<\/p>\n

Red, yellow and blue are the primary colors used in painting that are later, with the development of color printing, further designated into cyan, magenta and yellow. Both models are used within the model of subtractive color mixing.<\/p>\n

[3<\/sup>]^<\/a> <\/a>Albers, Joseph.(2013). Interaction of Color<\/cite>, ISBN 9780300179354<\/p>\n

The perception of color intervals is more thoroughly explained through Weber-Fechners law which is at the core of psychophysics \u2013 a branch of psychology of sensation and perception that’s looking particularly into how to find out how objective things in the world that we can measure effect our subjective experience.<\/p>\n

[4<\/sup>]^<\/a> <\/a>Albers, Joseph.(2013). Interaction of Color<\/cite>, ISBN 9780300179354<\/p>\n

During analysis I helped myself out with the book Interaction of Color<\/cite> by Josef Albers that also served as some inspiration for the continuation of this work. Here Albers referenced the effects of \u2018enforced contours\u2019<\/i> and \u2018vibrating boundaries\u2019<\/i> along with the aforementioned \u2018illusion of transparence\u2019<\/i>.<\/p>\n

[5<\/sup>]^<\/a> <\/a>Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; Theory of Colors; translated by: Charles Lock Eastlake; J. Murray, 1840, Oxford<\/p>\n

<\/a>Michel Eug\u00e8ne Chevreul; The Principles of Harmony and Contrast in Colors: and Their Application to the Arts; translated by: Charles Martel; Henry G. Bohn, 1860, Oxford<\/p>\n

The effect of the afterimage was described as early as 1810 in Goethe\u2019s Zur Farbenlehre<\/cite> as well as the nearly related law of simultaneous contrast in De la loi du contraste simultan\u00e9 des couleurs et de l’assortiment des objets color\u00e9s<\/cite> by Michel Eug\u00e8ne Chevreul in 1839.<\/p>\n

[6<\/sup>]^<\/a> <\/a>Tanhofer, Nikola. (2008). O boji na filmu i srodnim medijima<\/cite>. (eng. On Color: Color on Film and Related Media) ISBN 9789536045556<\/p>\n

The German physiologist Ewald Hering proposed the color opponent-process theory in 1892 stating that there are three kinds of retinal receptors in the eye that can produce pairs of complementary sensations (blue\/yellow, red\/green, black\/white). Scientific experiments later discovered proteins found in photoreceptor cells of the retina that differ by their sensitivity to light wavelengths. The phenomenon of the afterimage shows us how this optical substance is depleting itself through exposure but is also regenerating itself if given the right circumstances.<\/p>\n

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Lena Franoli\u0107 \u2013 KAMI: Igra vatre i vode \/ The Play of Fire & Water \/ Das Spiel von Wasser und Feuer 2019 (olovka u boji \/ coloured pencil \/ Frabstift \u2013 15 x 15 cm) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Lena <\/a>
Lena Franoli\u0107 \u2013 KAMI: Igra vatre i vode \/ The Play of Fire & Water \/ Das Spiel von Wasser und Feuer 2019 (olovka u boji \/ coloured pencil \/ Frabstift \u2013 15 x 15 cm) <\/div> <\/div>
\"Lena <\/a>
Lena Franoli\u0107 \u2013 KAMI: Igra vatre i vode \/ The Play of Fire & Water \/ Das Spiel von Wasser und Feuer 2019 (olovka u boji \/ coloured pencil \/ Frabstift \u2013 15 x 15 cm) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Lena <\/a>
Lena Franoli\u0107 \u2013 KAMI: Igra vatre i vode \/ The Play of Fire & Water \/ Das Spiel von Wasser und Feuer 2019 (olovka u boji \/ coloured pencil \/ Frabstift \u2013 15 x 15 cm) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Lena <\/a>
Lena Franoli\u0107 \u2013 KAMI: Igra vatre i vode \/ The Play of Fire & Water \/ Das Spiel von Wasser und Feuer 2019 (olovka u boji \/ coloured pencil \/ Frabstift \u2013 15 x 15 cm) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Lena <\/a>
Lena Franoli\u0107 \u2013 KAMI: Igra vatre i vode \/ The Play of Fire & Water \/ Das Spiel von Wasser und Feuer 2019 (olovka u boji \/ coloured pencil \/ Frabstift \u2013 15 x 15 cm) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Lena <\/a>
Lena Franoli\u0107 \u2013 KAMI: Igra vatre i vode \/ The Play of Fire & Water \/ Das Spiel von Wasser und Feuer 2019 (olovka u boji \/ coloured pencil \/ Frabstift \u2013 15 x 15 cm) <\/div> <\/div>
\"Lena <\/a>
Lena Franoli\u0107 \u2013 KAMI: Igra vatre i vode \/ The Play of Fire & Water \/ Das Spiel von Wasser und Feuer 2019 (olovka u boji \/ coloured pencil \/ Frabstift \u2013 15 x 15 cm) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Lena Franoli\u0107 \u2013 KAMI: Igra vatre i vode \/ The Play of Fire & Water \/ Das Spiel von Wasser und Feuer 2019 (olovka u boji \/ coloured pencil \/ Frabstift \u2013 15 x 15 cm) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Lena <\/a>
Lena Franoli\u0107 \u2013 KAMI: Igra vatre i vode \/ The Play of Fire & Water \/ Das Spiel von Wasser und Feuer 2019 (olovka u boji \/ coloured pencil \/ Frabstift \u2013 15 x 15 cm) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Lena Franoli\u0107 \u2013 KAMI: Igra vatre i vode \/ The Play of Fire & Water \/ Das Spiel von Wasser und Feuer 2019 (olovka u boji \/ coloured pencil \/ Frabstift \u2013 15 x 15 cm) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Lena <\/a>
Lena Franoli\u0107 \u2013 KAMI: Igra vatre i vode \/ The Play of Fire & Water \/ Das Spiel von Wasser und Feuer 2019 (olovka u boji \/ coloured pencil \/ Frabstift \u2013 15 x 15 cm) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Lena <\/a>
Lena Franoli\u0107 \u2013 KAMI: Igra vatre i vode \/ The Play of Fire & Water \/ Das Spiel von Wasser und Feuer 2019 (olovka u boji \/ coloured pencil \/ Frabstift \u2013 15 x 15 cm) <\/div> <\/div>
\"Lena <\/a>
Lena Franoli\u0107 \u2013 KAMI: Igra vatre i vode \/ The Play of Fire & Water \/ Das Spiel von Wasser und Feuer 2019 (olovka u boji \/ coloured pencil \/ Frabstift \u2013 15 x 15 cm) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Lena <\/a>
Lena Franoli\u0107 \u2013 KAMI: Igra vatre i vode \/ The Play of Fire & Water \/ Das Spiel von Wasser und Feuer 2019 (olovka u boji \/ coloured pencil \/ Frabstift \u2013 15 x 15 cm) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Lena <\/a>
Lena Franoli\u0107 \u2013 KAMI: Igra vatre i vode \/ The Play of Fire & Water \/ Das Spiel von Wasser und Feuer 2019 (olovka u boji \/ coloured pencil \/ Frabstift \u2013 15 x 15 cm) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Lena <\/a>
Lena Franoli\u0107 \u2013 KAMI: Igra vatre i vode \/ The Play of Fire & Water \/ Das Spiel von Wasser und Feuer 2019 (olovka u boji \/ coloured pencil \/ Frabstift \u2013 15 x 15 cm) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Lena <\/a>
Lena Franoli\u0107 \u2013 KAMI: Igra vatre i vode \/ The Play of Fire & Water \/ Das Spiel von Wasser und Feuer 2019 (olovka u boji \/ coloured pencil \/ Frabstift \u2013 15 x 15 cm) <\/div> <\/div>
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Lena Franoli\u0107 \u2013 KAMI: Igra vatre i vode \/ The Play of Fire & Water \/ Das Spiel von Wasser und Feuer 2019 (olovka u boji \/ coloured pencil \/ Frabstift \u2013 15 x 15 cm) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Lena Franoli\u0107 \u2013 KAMI: Igra vatre i vode \/ The Play of Fire & Water \/ Das Spiel von Wasser und Feuer 2019 (olovka u boji \/ coloured pencil \/ Frabstift \u2013 15 x 15 cm) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Lena <\/a>
Lena Franoli\u0107 \u2013 KAMI: Igra vatre i vode \/ The Play of Fire & Water \/ Das Spiel von Wasser und Feuer 2019 (olovka u boji \/ coloured pencil \/ Frabstift \u2013 15 x 15 cm) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Lena <\/a>
Lena Franoli\u0107 \u2013 KAMI: Igra vatre i vode \/ The Play of Fire & Water \/ Das Spiel von Wasser und Feuer 2019 (olovka u boji \/ coloured pencil \/ Frabstift \u2013 15 x 15 cm) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

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