Victoria Kosel

Woven Topographics | Inspired by the imagery of the 1975 New Topographics exhibition, my Woven Topographics series plays with stark, yet fascinatingly beautiful industrial landscapes and explores their striking formal qualities through woven abstraction. Weaving together these compositionally similar locations creates a visual game of compare and contrast, challenging the viewer to decipher the environments for themselves.

Using black and white film, rather than color, removes excess distractions from the striking formal qualities of these locations - the shapes, lines, and space become central to the image. Previously minute features of the photographs are forced out of hiding once woven and framed by the opposing strips. The varying sizes of the woven strips results in yet another challenge as the viewer determines for themselves which image in each set is the most readable. The series presents itself as a visual puzzle as much as an examination of the landscapes presented. www.victoriakosel.com