Bas Ketelaars

Scan from negative film. (analogue photograph in 2 exposures) Kökar, Åland (FI), 2024.  

The Depth is on the Surface. With the contrast between sharpness and blur, I aim to evoke a tension between what is revealed in a landscape and what remains hidden. The two exposures are made in relation to one another, with the making of each side affecting the other. The rough vertical line is produced through this photographic process, by alternately placing a piece of paper between the lens and one half of the landscape during each exposure.

The centre cannot hold. 

Various degrees of density on different sheets of paper. The overlap is essential mmaking it one constructed image. The underlying might be invisible it's not unreachable.

‘Graphite on paper, wood, tubelight. 118 x 100cm. 2026

‘ Graphic Surface’  Presented as a flat surface on a table, the drawing consists of three images depicting different sections of a glacially deposited stone field. The landscape is presented in fragments, resembling the discontinuous logic of a graphic novel. The faint, less densely drawn forms might evoke a less materially present environment, opening onto a more mysterious and personal perception of landscape.

_Parnidis Dune. 128 x A6. Graphite on Paper. 2025

'Paravent' Graphite on paper, wood.  

Folder. A3. Different fronts.

Korsholm, Finland. Tape to window.

  Translation of walking maps used during the project Edges of landscape in Bielefeld Germany.

  The lines of each sheet are continued in  the bodering ones.  From information to tactility.

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The centre cannot hold.

Graphite on paper, projection. 2021.