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SUPERNOVA
Creator	Elleke Hageman
Year	13-04-2015
Bio	In my work I immerse photography and sculpture into singular pieces with emphasis on formalistic and content-based interaction between the two different entities. By assimilating forms derived from an original into new shapes that remain connected to the initial entity I research the impact of the manifestation on its origin. This constitutes an environment in which the separate elements refer to their original. In my opinion, the physical body and other natural entities, can be seen as abstract shapes. Therefore I use personal connections with individuals and empirical interpretations of environments as a way to formulate a narrative in my sculptures. Furthermore I regularly implement natural phenomena in my work either as an inspirational source or as an asset.
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Website	www.ellekehageman.com

The sculptures represented in this exhibition are a consolidation of a combination interests of the artist. In first hand we see the interest in cosmological phenomena and the relation thereof to mankind and the human body. Secondly we see the interest of the added value of sculpture to the perception of knowledge.

“The empty space in the universe is in large made up out of Helium and Hydrogen. When the galaxy was formed gravity caused helium and hydrogen to cluster and form areas of gas which evolved into galaxies. Within these areas, more concentrated clumping of Hydrogen and Helium formed stars. During the formation of a star through gravity and energy the elements Carbon, Neon, Oxygen, Oxygen, Silicon are created through a process called fusion to end with Iron.

Humans exist for 10% out of Hydrogen, 65% out of Oxygen, 18% out of Carbon, 3% out of Nitrogen, 4% out of all other elements.

When a star “dies” during a supernova the Iron core is pushed together and this causes heavier elements to be formed, such as gold, nickel, zinc, copper and all other elements from the periodic table.”

Since a large part of the human body, 96%, is made up out of 4 elements which are created in the formation of a star and iron and other metals are created during the formation and the death of a star. The artist saw a clear connection in between the human body, the universe and metals, the material she works with. The sculptures she produced are a search towards how the human body and the cosmos can be related in a single sculpture. Therefore different metals and depictions of the body play a large role in the sculptures. In it, she focussed on a collaboration between the soft organic body and the harsch look and feel of the material.

Furthermore, the artist is concerned with languages incapacity to fully encapsulate meaning. In language words are standards for the things they pretend to describe. In actuality this standard is in large made up by the individual either transmitting or receiving it. Therefore language is unable to fully transmit the meaning of the thing. She believes that the understanding of something can only be created through gathering and assembling different perspectives on that something. She believes that the separate works are different manifestation of the interests that are conveyed in it.

“My own perception on the formulation of knowledge is that knowledge can be correlated to a crystal. Different expressions, whether sensorial or cognitive, and manifestations of knowledge, whether visual or linguistic, and different perspectives on certain knowledge can be considered as different facets of a crystal which can be gathered. Assembling different facets together conceives a crystal; in which the number of facets determines the complexity of the crystal. Holding this crystal against a light generates a spectrum. This spectrum is a consolidation of all different elements of knowledge on a single subject and distributes a wider realisation of it. It creates a better understanding.”

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-|Description=These three works are a consolidation of different aspects of a personal project evolving around the relationship between the artist and her father that has developed over the past 2,5 years. Among these aspects there are the emotionally evolved relationship between the two individuals, their corresponding interest in cosmology and a mixture between the artists fascination for the fathers physique and her interest in contemporary psychological views that provide a positive insight in the father daughter relationship.
+|Description=The sculptures represented in this exhibition are a consolidation of a combination interests of the artist. In first hand we see the interest in cosmological phenomena and the relation thereof to mankind and the human body. Secondly we see the interest of the added value of sculpture to the perception of knowledge.
-Furthermore, the artists interest in cosmological phenomena and implementation of the use of light in sculpture play a large role.
+“The empty space in the universe is in large made up out of Helium and Hydrogen. When the galaxy was formed gravity caused helium and hydrogen to cluster and form areas of gas which evolved into galaxies.
+Within these areas, more concentrated clumping of Hydrogen and Helium formed stars. During the formation of a star through gravity and energy the elements Carbon, Neon, Oxygen, Oxygen, Silicon are created through a process called fusion to end with Iron.
-In these sculptures on the one hand there’s a large emphasis formalistic aspects which. The form origin of the sculptures is the triangle which iteration generates the structure. On the other hand there are physical elements of the artists father employed through photographic means.
+Humans exist for 10% out of Hydrogen, 65% out of Oxygen, 18% out of Carbon, 3% out of Nitrogen, 4% out of all other elements.
+When a star “dies” during a supernova the Iron core is pushed together and this causes heavier elements to be formed, such as  gold, nickel, zinc, copper and all other elements from the periodic table.”
+Since a large part of the human body, 96%, is made up out of 4 elements which are created in the formation of a star and iron and other metals are created during the formation and the death of a star. The artist saw a clear connection in between the human body, the universe and metals, the material she works with. The sculptures she produced are a search towards how the human body and the cosmos can be related in a single sculpture. Therefore different metals and depictions of the body play a large role in the sculptures. In it, she focussed on a collaboration between the soft organic body and the harsch look and feel of the material.
+Furthermore, the artist is concerned with languages incapacity to fully encapsulate meaning. In language words are standards for the things they pretend to describe. In actuality this standard is in large made up by the individual either transmitting or receiving it. Therefore language is unable to fully transmit the meaning of the thing. She believes that the understanding of something can only be created through gathering and assembling different perspectives on that something. She believes that the separate works are different manifestation of the interests that are conveyed in it.
+“My own perception on the formulation of knowledge is that knowledge can be correlated to a crystal. Different expressions, whether sensorial or cognitive, and manifestations of knowledge, whether visual or linguistic, and different perspectives on certain knowledge can be considered as different facets of a crystal which can be gathered. Assembling different facets together conceives a crystal; in which the number of facets determines the complexity of the crystal.
+Holding this crystal against a light generates a spectrum. This spectrum is a consolidation of all different elements of knowledge on a single subject and distributes a  wider realisation of it. It creates a better understanding.”
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