https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN en-us 2022-01-11 08:59:47 UTC 2026-01-26 05:19:22 UTC hello@padlet.com strahar https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985651472 2022-01-11 09:27:55 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985651472 strahar https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985652724 sculpture by idris khan

]]> 2022-01-11 09:28:41 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985652724 strahar https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985657637 2022-01-11 09:31:39 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985657637 strahar https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985657883 2022-01-11 09:31:49 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985657883 strahar https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985658359 2022-01-11 09:32:07 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985658359 strahar https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985658609 2022-01-11 09:32:17 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985658609 strahar https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985658842 2022-01-11 09:32:28 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985658842 strahar https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985661441 2022-01-11 09:34:02 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985661441 https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985663279 “It’s quite a moving thing to think that this was five years of my life,”]]> 2022-01-11 09:35:09 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985663279 https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985663685 “It is about using the physicality of a photograph to show time”

]]> 2022-01-11 09:35:22 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985663685 https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985665143 idris' personal archive of images from the past six years, some 65,000 images. Represents the volume of photography in modern age.]]> 2022-01-11 09:36:14 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985665143 https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985665977 2022-01-11 09:36:43 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985665977 https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985666523 This sculpture was created by forming an upside pyramid using a stack of 65,000 sheets of paper, with its shape it formed out of the dimensions of standardised photo prints. Khan pulled and pushed the sheets of paper to create a ridged effect on its sides, before sand-casting and forming it in aluminium.]]> 2022-01-11 09:37:04 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985666523 https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985667202 pictures that have been taken from his phone over 5 years of his life all into one sculpture

]]> 2022-01-11 09:37:30 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985667202 https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985667489 standing next to it u would find the sculpture intimidating and powerful because of size compared to us]]> 2022-01-11 09:37:42 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985667489 https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985667491 before making this piece, idris created a similar piece of work from his mother's photographs, named 'my mother.' ]]> 2022-01-11 09:37:42 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985667491 https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985668033 The idea of layering is present, similar to most of his work except this is physical representation of layering ]]> 2022-01-11 09:38:03 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985668033 https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985668146 location- One Blackfriars in London]]> 2022-01-11 09:38:07 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985668146 https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985668698 stands 8.2 metres tall between the shiny glass windows of new-build developments, the effect of its shape and form is both moving and daunting. The sculpture started as a stack of 65,000 sheets of paper, with its shape — almost like a reverse-pyramid — formed out of the dimensions of standardised photo prints. Khan then pulled and pushed the sheets of paper to create a ridged effect on its sides, before sand-casting and forming it in aluminium.]]> 2022-01-11 09:38:28 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985668698 https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985669013 “I’m not showing the pictures themselves, you’re just seeing the edges of the paper. It is about using the physicality of a photograph to show time.”]]> 2022-01-11 09:38:43 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985669013 https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985669491 ​‘ways photography could not represent my eye but my hand’ ]]> 2022-01-11 09:39:01 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985669491 https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985670237 380 out of the 65000 images were of his mother who passed away nine years prior to the completion of the sculpture

]]> 2022-01-11 09:39:30 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985670237 https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985670431 "i feel like there is something quite melancholic about a photograph, and i think by layering, that reinforces that quality."]]> 2022-01-11 09:39:39 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985670431 https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985671522 “Public art is a different kind of engagement to going into a gallery space. It is for the unexpected viewer,”]]> 2022-01-11 09:40:20 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985671522 https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985672431 2022-01-11 09:40:49 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985672431 https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985672479 “I’m delighted I can place something that will invite viewers to reflect on passing time,”]]> 2022-01-11 09:40:51 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985672479 https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985673188 “There is this idea that cameras have replaced our eyes; we want to photograph everything before we even see it. We are all guilty of it” ]]> 2022-01-11 09:41:17 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985673188 https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985673402  their dimensions representing the standard sizes of photographic prints.]]> 2022-01-11 09:41:25 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985673402 https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985673959 “It has always been about trying to change the photographic practice into something that looked like painting or drawing,”]]> 2022-01-11 09:41:43 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985673959 https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985674000 'Public art is a different kind of engagement to going into a gallery space. It is for the unexpected viewer']]> 2022-01-11 09:41:44 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985674000 https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985675088 Abstract shapes create a different feeling for each individual. The shapes and angles of the buildings creating an image which is out of the ordinary]]> 2022-01-11 09:42:26 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985675088 https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985675102 “There is this idea that cameras have replaced our eyes; we want to photograph everything before we even see it."]]> 2022-01-11 09:42:26 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985675102 https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985676029 5,000 Photographs represents every image that Khan has taken on his phone over the past five years. ]]> 2022-01-11 09:43:02 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985676029 https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985677283 i see the artist displaying how instead of seeing and living in the moment, we take pictures of these core memories/moments. Perhaps questioning if when we photograph these precious moments, do they lose value?]]> 2022-01-11 09:43:49 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985677283 strahar https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985678832 2022-01-11 09:44:48 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985678832 https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985679376 But he could only find 380 photographs from her life, and when he built the sculpture, My Mother stood almost 16 times smaller than 65,000 Photographs, at 53.3cm. The contrast between five years of a life with digital media and a whole lifetime without it is a testament to the evolution of digital media and humanity’s use of it to document our existence.

]]> 2022-01-11 09:45:07 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985679376 https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985679420 article- Digital images create communities, carry forward political messages, and inform and create defining artworks.  The physical imprint of the digital photograph is immense but unseen.]]> 2022-01-11 09:45:09 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985679420 https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985679912 The overall sculpture appears to contain 65,000 pieces of work, this is due to the height of the stacked casted papers and the ridged edges which represent each individual page. It has a very unique shape (upside-down pyramid) which fascinates the audience because of the balance. This could also capture how Idris Khan started out. the smaller pieces of work towards the bottom represents how each artist/photographer starts of small before growing and impacting the world more significantly.]]> 2022-01-11 09:45:28 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985679912 https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985681012 the piece also represents the more and more digital influence art and photography, and remind us of the beauty of a printed photograph.]]> 2022-01-11 09:46:09 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985681012 https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985681264 2022-01-11 09:46:20 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985681264 https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985681300 The angle tho photo is taken at creates the illusion that the two buildings on either side are leaning on the sculpture, this could be to represent the foundations and support of someones life

]]> 2022-01-11 09:46:22 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985681300 https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985681678 The towering structure stands at 8 metres tall, with the blocks increasing in size in relation to the dimensions of standard photographic prints.]]> 2022-01-11 09:46:36 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985681678 https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985682451  It’s also a tribute to the rarity of the tangible photograph, and a comment on our image saturated world where over 1.8 billion photographs are uploaded online every day.  While Khan’s sculpture is not intended as criticism, it aims to draw our awareness to a changing relationship with making images and how our cameras have come to replace our eyes.]]> 2022-01-11 09:47:06 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985682451 https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985683442 he created a monumental column for One Blackfriars. ... Cast in aluminium, the textured surface of the sculpture echoes the delicate edges of each photographic print.]]> 2022-01-11 09:47:43 UTC https://padlet.com/strahar/IDRISKHAN/wish/1985683442