TIME FILES / ANTHRACITE
The project "Time Files" is a series of installations that embodies the concept of perfect simplicity, conceptual hyper-minimalism: these artworks are white glossy leaves, on which are presented fragments of anthracite of various sizes. This is a symbol of the message, that overcomes the time and each viewer will "read" it in its own way, regardless of the language of communication and cultural contexts.
The author of the project was born and grew up in Lugansk, anthracite for works was collected by himself in the city Anthracite in Lugansk region.
The project explores the archetypes of informational architecture as a way of transmitting information beyond the temporal context. The artist works with fragments of anthracite in a certain way, forming specific messages. Each fragment is the remnant of fossilized 300-400 millions of years ago forests in the East of Ukraine - these are the files of information from the archives of memory of our land, planet, telling us the story of the transformation of life. At 98% anthracite consists of carbon, which is the base of organic chemistry, as well as one of the most common sources of energy.
Working with fragments of coal as with letters and words, forming anthracite "texts" and "tables", the author emphasizes the communicative value of our environment: as if the Earth itself speaks to the viewer through time, and he, in his turn, "reads" this hidden information.
Materials: Glossy white plastic Plexiglas, anthracite; author's technique
All works & photos © Evgeniy Chernyshov
