In my master’s thesis, I explore my artistic process through the concepts of encoding, camouflage, and transcendence. The central question I address is the paradox of content: does a work of art have content at all if its purpose is to mask and encode it, both from the viewer and from the artist himself? Content or the idea forms the basis of any work of art and seeks a response from the viewer. When we engage with content, we ask about its message and how the viewer interprets it. The more complex or abstract the works, the more numerous the possible interpretations of the content. I use both coding and camouflage to render the existing content unintelligible. Here, I refer to the human brain’s capacity to seek meaning by recognizing unrelated elements. The Gestalt laws highlight the links between the form and content of an image. This creates an in-between space that questions the viewer's way of seeing – what he perceives, knows, and thinks. This process goes beyond concrete perception and becomes a mental construct. As a result, the artwork acquires a transcendent dimension that surpasses materiality and encourages subjective interpretation. This repositioning of content, to mask or mislead the gaze, does not lead to its loss but rather to its transformation into an experience and a cognitive event within the viewer's consciousness.
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