LAND SKEINS DISTORTIONS
Land Skeins as a Digital Landscape Technique
iPhone Photography and Intentional Motion Distortion
Land Skeins are landscape-based digital images captured with an iPhone, using a personal technique that distorts the scene through intentional movement.
Between Documentation and Abstract Art
The result is a stretched, woven image—something between documentation and abstraction.
The Meaning Behind “Skein”
Etymology and Visual Threading
Skein (pronounced skayn) comes from the Old Norse skei, meaning a length or loop of thread.
Distortion, Time, and Perception
Reconstructing the Landscape
In Land Skeins, the landscape is pulled, smeared, and re-threaded into something unstable yet familiar. These images parallel other areas of exploration as in Art Flow and Conceptual Photography.
Horizons, Motion, and Dissolving Forms
Horizons dissolve, forms elongate, and time itself appears to slip across the frame.
Mediated Reality and Digital Imagery
Images Between Truth and Interpretation
The distortion mirrors a mediated experience of reality, where images become interpretations stretched between truth and perception, a core motif of artist David Deighon's work.
Questioning Recognition and Place
The work asks what happens to our sense of place when the image shifts beyond direct recognition.
Conceptual Themes in Land Skeins
Abstract Landscapes and Visual Uncertainty
The project explores how abstraction changes the relationship between perception, memory, and environment.
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