Objets Etranges #1

For me, there are a few ideas I’m focusing on with this picture. This piece represents my first attempt at incorporating indexing data into an image. The picture also touches on a larger fictional narrative I’ve been developing around god and humanity’s purpose in the world. It’s also part of an ongoing exercise in exploring the documentation and presentation of imagined maquettes.

I kind of like a piece when its at this stage.

Index Data:

  • ELGIN functions as a brand marker.

  • .Objets Étranges acts as both the title of the piece and part of a broader series cataloging system.

  • 诡器 acts as a warning label.

  • OLAF-SCAR & NORGREN operates as a fictional gallery space.

  • The Portland address functions as invented archival data tied to the work.

  • FÉVRIER – MAI 2026 are the months in which I was working on this piece.

  • Semiotics… I like the idea of symbols and how they contain meaning. They feel like they belong there to me. I don’t think they have any strong meanings yet.

Humanity:


Tradition of Maquettes:


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Etudes Et Essais #2, Fausse Peinture.