Interactive David Hockney...

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Lightroom, in London, is currently showcasing a 360-degree film that explains the process through which English artist David Hockney (1937) produces his works.

This large-scale film/installation is projected in a room where the visitor can sit on the floor or on white cubes to appreciate what is happening around them. No matter what position we take, we always miss something, because our eye can't scan all four walls at the same time. The film lasts 50 minutes, during which the artist's voice and his hands accompany us describing how he captures the images. They can be photos that, sometimes, become paintings or sketches of the bucolic landscapes of Normandy, which line by line, he makes on a tablet. We also see how's the process of assembling collaborations for theater productions.


Bigger & Closer (not smaller & further away), by David Hockney
Lightroom, London

 

As the film progresses, we see a Hockney who tries to capture the reality of how we see the world, because for him "we see psychologically, but photographic lenses see geometrically." He explains this concept based on perspective, arguing that as we move, it changes and that is why our perception is not as seen in the paintings. Based on this comment, he returns to his work and how it expanded and changed to demonstrate that there is not a single vanishing point.
As expected, those days of youth in Los Angeles could not be excluded from the film, including his fascination for the pools with turquoise water that are reproduced by the thousands throughout the room. It is a particular moment where we see ourselves surrounded by small blue squares with thousands of young people swimming without clothes.

 


Bigger & Closer (not smaller & further away), by David Hockney
Lightroom, London

 

From there, the room becomes a digital theater: the opening of a red velvet curtain gives rise to the artist's collaborations with the opera. Small images are repeated hundreds of times until Hockney shows us the final result. We are witnesses of how, little by little, he takes us along that path in which the first thought arises, which gives birth to the first sketch and another and another until the end.

After the 50 minutes have elapsed, we believe that what made the artist's work unique and enduring is missing: the connection with queer culture. But if we stick to the title of this interactive film/installation, the aim is to see the artist's work up close and not its social impact.

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