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Mark bartkiw

1147 South Big Island Road
Demorestville, ON, K0K 1W0
613-849-7989

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Mark bartkiw

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Uncommonplace 2017-Present

My work reflects my ongoing fascination with the construction of imaginary worlds that mirror a distorted reality. These fictional tableaus are reflective of inner states of mind and responsive to world issues. The camera is used for its ability to record actual visual information and create a level of familiarity. I use a variety of collage methods, sometimes in the building of a photographic source, sometimes in post-production. In all cases, I am playing with scale shifts and unsettling points of view. 

The extended body of work, Grief Encounters, used the miniature to suggest psycho dramas/traumas. The new body of work, Uncommonplace, uses the larger than human elements of landscape and architecture to create destabilizing environments. 

I put together photos taken from different parts of our world to create this alternate reality, one that is similar to our world but with enough difference to create uncertainty. I see these Images as a lucid dream that reflect our own distortions and interpretations of what we see. We make assumptions or judgement based on first glance. This remanufacturing of landscape and architecture results in objects and buildings that float in a slightly skewed space. Reassembling reality based on the experience of multiple places and locations creates new spaces that verge on recognizable, but defy definition.  This process of reinterpreting the world is something that I do to feel more at home in the world. But the new world we create puts us on the wrong side of the mirror, looking back at the reflection of our ever-shifting psyches.

Uncommonplace 2017-Present

My work reflects my ongoing fascination with the construction of imaginary worlds that mirror a distorted reality. These fictional tableaus are reflective of inner states of mind and responsive to world issues. The camera is used for its ability to record actual visual information and create a level of familiarity. I use a variety of collage methods, sometimes in the building of a photographic source, sometimes in post-production. In all cases, I am playing with scale shifts and unsettling points of view. 

The extended body of work, Grief Encounters, used the miniature to suggest psycho dramas/traumas. The new body of work, Uncommonplace, uses the larger than human elements of landscape and architecture to create destabilizing environments. 

I put together photos taken from different parts of our world to create this alternate reality, one that is similar to our world but with enough difference to create uncertainty. I see these Images as a lucid dream that reflect our own distortions and interpretations of what we see. We make assumptions or judgement based on first glance. This remanufacturing of landscape and architecture results in objects and buildings that float in a slightly skewed space. Reassembling reality based on the experience of multiple places and locations creates new spaces that verge on recognizable, but defy definition.  This process of reinterpreting the world is something that I do to feel more at home in the world. But the new world we create puts us on the wrong side of the mirror, looking back at the reflection of our ever-shifting psyches.

Home

Home

Isolate

Isolate

Outlook

Outlook

Alternating

Alternating

Transition

Transition

Dead end

Dead end

Rows

Rows

See

See

Barrier

Barrier

Divide

Divide

Factory

Factory

Survive

Survive

Sequence

Sequence

Follow

Follow

Downside

Downside

Unconscious

Unconscious

Impasse

Impasse

Shoreline

Shoreline

Found

Found

Byway

Byway

Nowhere

Nowhere

Last Resort

Last Resort

Overflow

Overflow

outline

outline

Afloat

Afloat

Landing

Landing

Sanctuary

Sanctuary

Drift

Drift

Daze

Daze

Flare

Flare

Darkside

Darkside

Repercussion

Repercussion

High Tide

High Tide

Skyline

Skyline

Grazing

Grazing

Blaze

Blaze

Bygone

Bygone

Fusion

Fusion

Iced

Iced

Orderless

Orderless

Duplication

Duplication

Visitor

Visitor

Passage

Passage

On Track

On Track

Units

Units

Sky Scraper

Sky Scraper

Lakeshore

Lakeshore

Yield

Yield

Black Beach

Black Beach

Journey

Journey

Highway

Highway

Commute

Commute

Traffic

Traffic

Swell

Swell

Overpass

Overpass

Shine

Shine

Wander

Wander

Aura

Aura

Imitate

Imitate

Estate

Estate

Disordered

Disordered

Lune

Lune

Vision

Vision

Pirate

Pirate

Murmuration

Murmuration

Panels

Panels

Mimic

Mimic

Crossing

Crossing

Pinner

Pinner

Overshadow

Overshadow

Flyby

Flyby

Depot

Depot

Lamp

Lamp

Tower

Tower