80cm x 200cm Ink on MDF
Seeing the Unscene: Exploring the Inframince
The Inframince is a hidden dimension of space. It is the boundary line between the third spatial dimension and higher dimensions. Just as a line seen end on becomes a point, or the edge of an area can be seen as a line if viewed from the side- what we perceive as a volume will also have a boundary....somewhere. Harlow believes that space can physically open up and expand into a fourth dimension outside time. If we were able to enter this space we would effectively be observed to 'disappear' from this world, although from our new perspective we would be able to watch the world and space from which we originated. Due to the limitations of our senses, or perhaps our conditioned way of seeing and imagining the world, we are currently bound in the three dimensional scene.
Harlow's work reflects her belief that art can create a portal or doorway through which the mind can glimpse the essence of this higher dimensional reality just as Alice did, when she went through the Looking Glass. Harlow plays with the rules of visual perception, with positive and negative spaces while retaining elements of the real and working in a highly figurative style. She blurs the traditional boundaries between 2D and 3D depictions, handing the possibilties of the scene to the viewer, enabling the mind to envisage new realities beyond the constraints of this material world - seeing the unscene beyond.
jeanharlowartist@hotmail.com