Joseph Bellacera: In and Out of Phase: The Topographies of Light
Science tells us that we, and everything else in the physical universe, are a manifestation of the energy of light and vibration. As an artist, Joseph Bellacera believes there is no worthier subject to explore. In his first exhibit at Viewpoint, Bellacera created images that merge geometric forms into color fields, resulting in a pulsating series of lines and shapes. These structural rhythms – the topographies of light -- are intended to bring the viewer to a deeper and more imaginative level of awareness of the underlying energy patterns of the physical world.
Bellacera’s vibrant images begin as simple photographs of common, often unnoticed textures or plays of light on everyday objects, such as reflections from a street light, cracks in the asphalt, views of the landscape, or close-ups of spiderwebs. These dream-like encounters hint at unseen worlds, doorways of perception, as Aldous Huxley would say, to other dimensions hidden in plain sight. Playing with tools in Photoshop, Bellacera asks, “Can we access more information than we are trained to perceive?” He follows the mystery of perception, going where intuition leads, creating order out of chaos, making matter out of light, and distilling the essential lines and energetic fields of perceived images into a metaphysical connection.
“My aim with this exhibit is to celebrate the joy of discovery and encourage viewers to experience a similar phenomenon of childlike wonder with these colorful configurations of space, light, and pattern.”
