"The "Symbiosism"
blurs the existential limits
between painting and photography "
Chicote CFC / 2012
CHICOTE CFC
DECLARATION OF SYMBIOTIC ART
What is SYMBIOSISM?
Painting, photography or both...
"Symbiosism, or Symbiotic Art", exists in the space where
photography stops being a record and painting stops being a technique.
A point where both become indistinguishable, merging into a single visual reality.
A transformation of the image shaped by the interaction of:
- Technology and artistic creation
- Perception and interpretation
- Vision and thought
FOUNDATIONS PHILOSOPHY THE PROCESS PHOTO / SIMBIOSIS THE ARTIST WHY SYMBIOSISMO VALUES
AUDIO PLAYBACK OF THE ART MANIFESTO IN SYMBIOSIS
Preliminary
FUNDAMENTALS
Symbiosism, or Symbiotic Art, is a contemporary artistic language based on the transformation of the photographic image as a starting point for the construction of visual and conceptual works. It is not defined as a technique or a closed style, but as a system of creation in which the image ceases to be an outcome and becomes a medium for visual thought. Its purpose is not to represent reality, but to explore how the image can be transformed into a structure of meaning. The image today occupies a central role in the construction of reality, yet its increasing manipulation has weakened its function as a stable reference. Symbiosism does not seek to restore that lost stability, but rather to work directly from the condition of the image as a construction. This implies understanding that every image is not a reflection, but an organization of decisions, perceptions, and contexts.
"Symbiosism as a trend, aims to be a transgressive element established with the firm purpose of reversing that implanted stereotype that makes the image the foundation and premise of our lives.
He creates works whose effective reality "image from which it starts and which seems to be evident and undeniable" vanishes with the same ease as fiction itself.
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Philosophy of
"SYMBIOTIC ART"
Symbiosism proposes a way of thinking applied to visual creation. The image is not understood as a closed object, but as an open system of interpretation. Its value does not lie in what it shows, but in what it activates as a possibility of reading. This approach is not based on a specific aesthetic, but on the capacity to integrate different visual languages as tools for the construction of meaning. Here, art is not limited to producing images, but to generating structures of understanding.
"THE PROCESS"
The symbiotic process is structured in three phases: 1. Photogenesis Conscious generation of the photographic image by the artist. It is not documentation, but the creation of the source material. 2. Symbolic Metabolization Transformation of the image through its visual and conceptual reconfiguration. At this stage, the image ceases to function as a record and becomes a construction. 3. Revelation Final consolidation of the work as an autonomous visual unit. What is revealed is not a latent image, but a previously transformed structure.
"Symbiosism" &
PHOTO-RETOUCHING
Symbiosism is not a form of photographic retouching. Retouching aims to correct or enhance an existing image. Symbiosism uses photography as initial material for the creation of a new visual construction. The difference is not technical, but conceptual: it is not about intervening in an image, but about redefining its nature.
Everything begins with the analysis and critical opinion of some facts and events...
...to lead to a visual metaphor,
or what is the same "an altered
transcript made image of any definition,
concept or explanation"
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The "Symbiotic
ARTIST"
The symbiotic artist is not the sum of photographer and painter, but a creator who operates within a unified system of visual production. Their practice is not based on representing what is visible, but on transforming the image into a space for the construction of meaning. Authorship is integral: from the generation of the image to its final outcome, the entire process responds to a single conceptual intention.
A new way of understanding
THE IMAGE
Photography can capture an instant, but Symbiosism extends its temporality. The work is not limited to a moment, but integrates evolving processes, perceptions, and meanings. In this sense, the image ceases to be a record and becomes an open structure of interpretation.
Main Features of
"SYMBIOSISM"
Symbiosism does not propose a technique or a style, but a way of understanding artistic creation in the contemporary context. A way in which the image is no longer an end in itself, but a process of meaning in constant development. MAIN CHARACTERISTICS • A language based on the transformation of the photographic image. • Integration of photography and painting within a unified system of creation. • The image as source material, not as final outcome. • A process structured in photogenesis, symbolic metabolization, and revelation. • Full authorship of photographic material by the artist. • Technology as an extension of artistic judgment, not a replacement. • The work as a construction of meaning, not mere visual representation. • The artist as an active agent in the transformation of the image.
Symbiosis no longer requires pigment or chemicals...
Photo-painters, using photography, are perfectly equivalent to any painter, regardless of mode, style, or trend.
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