“each line one breath”


Credit: John Franzen

In „each line one breath“, visual artist John Franzen uses his body and his breathing to draw lines. Each line is drawn on an exhale. The act of drawing, mechanical and organic at the same time, mimics the act of breathing. Just as each breath is subject to a multitude of psychophysical factors, so is each drawn line. “The fascination in this work is how the breath directly influences the materialization of the line, and thereby the whole image.”
Here is a video of a live drawing where John Franzen talks about “each line one breath”:

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