Graphic Art / Stratigraphy of Traces

A series of works developed as part of the artistic research conducted for my doctoral dissertation, completed in 2013. The graphic works were created between 2009 and 2013 using digital printing techniques and feature multi-layered compositional structures. Their visual framework derives from photographic documentation of landscapes observed and recorded during field visits.

The images function as stratified visual constructions, combining successive layers of photographs, sketches, and drawings to produce a complex structure of traces related to a specific place. This layered approach introduces the notion of visual stratigraphy, in which the composition operates like a geological section, revealing successive registrations of perception, memory, and spatial experience.

The photographic material, originating from landscapes encountered during the research period, serves as the primary indexical record of place. It is subsequently transformed through processes of layering, fragmentation, and recomposition. Hand-drawn sketches and landscape-inspired drawings are integrated into the compositions, expanding the visual language of the works and introducing an interpretative dimension that mediates between documentation and subjective perception.

Through these procedures, the works explore the relationship between landscape, memory, and image construction, positioning the graphic print as a medium capable of recording and reconstructing spatial experience. The resulting compositions function simultaneously as visual documents of place and as conceptual reflections on the processes of perception, recording, and transformation within contemporary artistic practice.