White balanced 

By David Roessli

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A photo composition of the aberration creation Photo © Ji-hyé Jung

, we assisted to Emmanuel Eggermont’s new creation Aberration at the ADC.

Emmanuel Eggermont takes us on a beautiful journey through multiple shades of white, painted with light remnants and refractions. Aberration is a journey through a collection of random emotions fading one into the other.

It begins slowly on a slow beat, but soon you are taken in and start to experience a range of mixed feelings from switching contexts : moral, religious, social or even economic.

aberration
a departure from what is normal, usual, or expected, typically an unwelcome one.
or
the failure of rays to converge at one focus because of a defect in a lens or mirror.

It’s very esthetic and the overall white provides a vivid contrast to the emotional colours expressed. I was wholeheartedly taken into his world and the flow of emotions he shared with us. I didn’t see the time go by. Don’t miss it if you are reading this early enough…

Playing at the ADC in Geneva until Sunday January 19th, 2020.
More information is available in the press kit (PDF). Photo © Ji-hyé Jung.

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Recent Links — Pinboard

I've been using Pinboard (and del.icio.us before that) on and off to save my links ever since 2005. Here are the latest links I saved. You'll find all the others on Pinboard.

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Dedicated to the unsung studio designers, copywriters, producers, ADs, CDs, and everyone else who creates wonderful things.

Dedicated to those who stayed up late and got up early to get on the family iMac to recreate event slides in Keynote.

Thank you.

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Screenshot of the homepage

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