Art Metropole

#15372

Invisible Forces

Artist

Randy Lee Cutler

Price

$10.00

Date

2023

Publisher

Randy Lee Cutler

Format

Zines

Size

20 × 25 cm

Genre

Risograph, Theory, Essays

Everyone possesses the capacity for intuition; unfortunately, we haven’t all learned how to access this deepest of human perceptions. Perhaps this is due to the fact that its operations lie outside rational thought processes, or that it is frequently dismissed as mystical and unreliable. But intuition has in fact allowed us to connect with invisible forces, phenomena that are not intelligible to the naked eye but instead discernible through a third or inner eye …beyond ordinary sight.
Invisible Forces and the Intuitive Turn is a research creation project supported by Emily Carr University and a SSHRC internal grant. The project began with the process of thinking through making whereby a series of collages were generated as a means of apprehending a chosen subject. While working on these images, I read books, essays, and websites on topics including invisible forces, intuition, vibrational energies, and forces fields. The format and colour spectrum of the collages was informed by the knowledge that I would transform them into a risograph* zine. Because risographs are known for their vivid colours and specific textures, the images were inspired by simple compositions and a rich colour spectrum.