16 Nov 2009

Heterological Boundaries 2


NEW WORKS FROM THE SERIES HETEROLOGICAL BOUNDARIES
@ The Foundry, London
20-25 October 2009

The exhibition is inspired by the Grelling’s paradox, also known as the Heterological Paradox. According to this semantic paradox, words that describe exactly what they are – such as ‘short’ - are named autological. Words that don’t – such as ‘long’ - are referred to as heterological.
The paradox arises then, when one considers whether the word heterological is indeed autological or not.
Heterological Boundaries comprises a series of diptyches in which both artists’ photos are juxtaposed, with the aim of representing Grelling’s paradox in pictures.
The unlikely union of the two artists’ very different photographic style forms a series of new images and unleashes new meanings for viewers to discover.

“We have always been attracted to each other’s photography and the different images we use to convey similar meanings, Grelling goes to the very heart of what we are trying to portray and challenges our sense of meaning.” Cristina Cocullo

“We decided on the concept of the exhibition early on as we both believe that photography is the best conduit for conveying meaning, these double images sit together without explanation as we want to let people come to their own conclusions about what label belongs to each image. After all, while all the photos are heterological images, a closer look might break through boundaries to reveal their autological meanings.” Emanuela Franchini

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MY MEAT MARKET

meat market #2

meat market #2
athens, by cristina cocullo 2005
The picture "meat market #2" above is part of an exhibition running at the Musée de l'Elysée in Lausanne, Switzerland (08.02-20.05.2007) and it's been published in the issue n.9 of JPG magazine. http://jpgmag.com/issues/9 http://www.allphotographersnow.ch

meat market #9

meat market #9
athens, by cristina coculoo 2005

meat market #1

meat market #1
athens, by cristina cocullo 2005

meat market #6

meat market #6
athens, by cristina cocullo 2005

meat market #5

meat market #5
athens, by cristina cocullo 2005

meat market #13

meat market #13
athens, by cristina cocullo 2005

meat market #10

meat market #10
athens, by cristina cocullo 2005

meat market #4

meat market #4
athens, by cristina cocullo 2005

meat market #3

meat market #3
athens, by cristina cocullo 2005
MY STILL LIFES

tulips #1

tulips #1
by cristina cocullo 2007

tulips #2

tulips #2
by cristina cocullo 2007

roses and plastic #1

roses and plastic #1
london, by cristina cocullo 2005

roses and plastic #2

roses and plastic #2
london, by cristina cocullo 2005

twist #1

twist #1
london, by cristina cocullo 2005

breakfast #1

breakfast #1
london, by cristina cocullo 2004

chair oranges and apples #1

chair oranges and apples #1
london, by cristina cocullo 2007

blue bubble #1

blue bubble #1
london, by cristina cocullo 2004
MY ICONS

jesus #1

jesus #1
london, by cristina cocullo 2005

jesus #5

jesus #5
malta, by cristina cocullo 2006

jesus #3

jesus #3
malta,by cristina cocullo 2006

jesus #2

jesus #2
pavia, by cristina cocullo 2006

madonna #1

madonna #1
malta, by cristina cocullo 2006

sacro cuore #1

sacro cuore #1
malta, by cristina cocullo 2006

jesus #4

jesus #4
malta, by cristina cocullo 2006

sacro cuore #2

sacro cuore #2
malta, by cristina coculoo 2006

transparent jesus #1

transparent jesus #1
by cristina cocullo 2007

candles #1

candles #1
malta, by cristina cocullo 2006

save a prayer

save a prayer
mexico, by cristina cocullo 2005
MY PLACES

pier #1

pier #1
bournemonth, by cristina cocullo 2005

2 chairs and a bottle #1

2 chairs and a bottle #1
london, by cristina cocullo 2004

waterfall #1

waterfall #1
certosa di pavia, by cristina cocullo 2006

life and plastic #1

life and plastic #1
mexico, by cristina cocullo 2005

cows in the mist #1

cows in the mist #1
ireland, by cristina cocullo 2004

blur winter #1

blur winter #1
london, by cristina cocullo 2004

the chair #1

the chair #1
certosa di pavia, by cristina cocullo 2006

brompton cemetry #1

brompton cemetry #1
london, by cristina cocullo 2005
MY LANDSCAPES

napflio #1

napflio #1
napflio, by cristina cocullo 2005

tulum #1

tulum #1
mexico, by cristina cocullo 2005

silence #1

silence #1
sweden, by cristina cocullo 2006

mgarr #1

mgarr #1
magrr, by cristina cocullo 2006
MY ROOMS

room #1

room #1
torre dei negri, by cristina cocullo 2001

room #2

room #2
torre dei negri, by cristina cocullo 2001

trolls, candles & flowers #1

trolls, candles & flowers #1
bu cristina cocullo 2007

room #3

room #3
torre dei negri, by cristina cocullo 2001

room #4

room #4
milano, by cristina cocullo 2001

room #5

room #5
tore dei negri, by cristina cocullo 2001

room #6

room #6
milano, by cristina cocullo 2001

room #7

room #7
pavia, by cristina cocullo, 2001

room #8

room #8
milano, by cristina cocullo 2001
MY ABSTRACTS

cracking #1

cracking #1
london, by cristina cocullo 2005

surface #1

surface #1
london, by cristina cocullo 2005

stripes #1

stripes #1
london, by cristina cocullo 2005