Collectibles
The Collectibles series moves beyond the traditional boundaries of photography, merging still and moving images with sound to create an experience that is both abstract and sensorial. Subtle motion—ocean waves, bodies drifting beneath the surface—animates the image, infusing it with quiet life and breath. Through rhythm and abstraction, the videos invite viewers to project their own emotions, narratives, and longings. Presented at a large scale, the works unfold as immersive, contemplative spaces, offering a poetic encounter that lingers between stillness and movement.
The series includes the following works: Coney Island Allison, The Pool, Coney Island Triptych, YaYa Sunglasses, Up Down Round and Round.
Lynn Bianchi, CONEY ISLAND ALLISON, 2013-2015, rendering of the multimedia work, w:40’’ h:60'’ d:5’’, 5:00 minutes, loop, color, sound.
This multimedia installation is composed of a photograph under layered plexiglass super imposed onto a HD screen, displaying video with sound.
“In Coney Island Allison I play with the concepts of reality and non reality, questioning the elusive nature of images as documentation of both facts and ideas. At the same time I highlight our connection with the environment, referring to some of my recurrent underlying topics, such as the relationship between the eternal and the everyday and the tension between chance and the deliberate.”
Model: Allison Walters.
Special thanks: Irina Abraham Chigiryov, Allison Walters and Daniel Belquer.
The Pool, 2015, rendering of the multimedia triptych, w:42’’ h:28’’ d:5’’ each, (w:128’’ h:28’’ d:5’’ overall), 11min, loop, color, sound.
Video excerpt: 3min.
This triptych is composed of layered photographs on a plexiglass superimposed onto three digital monitors displaying video with sound. The work incorporates unusual depth and monumental dimensions in order to achieve a particularly emotional effect.
“This work came from my fascination watching people exercise at a Senior complex pool. Uninhibited, they graciously gave each other space and allowed themselves freedom to move unselfconsciously, exercising for hours on end, performing something that to my eye looked like a beautiful dance. I was the anonymous onlooker.”
Video layered within photograph. Color, audio, 4:43min, loop.
This multimedia art captures the visceral feeling of Coney Island. The sunglasses reflect not just a place but a feeling of a place in a moment of time.
