Journey in Q Space
Looking again.
I use constrained transformations as a way to escape the obvious reading of an image.
Using Fourier transform for the Q Space series and rotational symmetries in Kaleidoscope, I shift the image into structure, repetition, and paradox.
The algorithm runs once. The shift, if it works, keeps running in you.
Intro
Two methods, one question.
Journey in Q Space is a public record of that process. Each work starts from a photograph, passes through a transformation, and stops when something unexpected appears.
Series
Two series.
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KALEIDOSCOPES
These works compress source images into rotational systems. Architecture, objects, surfaces, and incidental textures are folded into repetition until balance, tension, and internal echo replace ordinary perspective. The original scene does not disappear. It survives as residue inside a denser order.
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QSPACE
Q Space presents transformation as a readable event. The source remains close enough to the output for the operation to stay visible. Instead of hiding the process, these works preserve comparison: before and after, scene and system, observation and perturbation. This feed is less about abstraction alone than about the emergence of structure through explicit constraint.
Selected works
Recent records
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Autumn in Kakerdaja bog, Estonia
Based on "Autumn in Kakerdaja bog, Estonia". Photo by Geio Tischler (Kakerdaja Raba, Vetepere, Järva County, Estonia). Original: https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1633505864776-b8cceb786007?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3w1MDcxMHwwfDF8cmFuZG9tfHx8fHx8fHx8MTc4NjUyMTYwMnw&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=1080. Photographer profile: https://unsplash.com/@oww (Unsplash).
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The Articulated Wall, better known as the I-25 french fries by Herbert Bayer
Based on "The Articulated Wall, better known as the I-25 french fries by Herbert Bayer". Photo by Kevin Vision🖤 (Denver, CO, USA). Original: https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1658354936765-eb58064c891b?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3w1MDcxMHwwfDF8cmFuZG9tfHx8fHx8fHx8MTc4NjUwNzIwMXw&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=1080. Photographer profile: https://unsplash.com/@kreativevision (Unsplash).
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A close-up of a building
Based on "A close-up of a building". Photo by Ajeet Panesar. Original: https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1655978312909-dd630d6b1180?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3w1MDcxMHwwfDF8cmFuZG9tfHx8fHx8fHx8MTc4NjQ5MjgwMnw&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=1080. Photographer profile: https://unsplash.com/@ajeetpanesarphotography (Unsplash).
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Leather bag texture
Based on "Leather bag texture". Photo by Sweder Breet. Original: https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1764065339840-639d9cbfe2dc?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3w1MDcxMHwwfDF8cmFuZG9tfHx8fHx8fHx8MTc4NjQ3ODQwN3w&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=1080. Photographer profile: https://unsplash.com/@sweder_etc (Unsplash).
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Grande Rocque evening shot
Based on "Grande Rocque evening shot". Photo by Enrapture Captivating Media (Castel, Guernsey). Original: https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1501623823743-d8514c8ad9ea?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3w1MDcxMHwwfDF8cmFuZG9tfHx8fHx8fHx8MTc4NjQ0OTYwMnw&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=1080. Photographer profile: https://unsplash.com/@enrapture (Unsplash).
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White strap on brown soil
Based on "White strap on brown soil". Photo by Ilia. Original: https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1626348901953-2f222fd75ad0?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3w1MDcxMHwwfDF8cmFuZG9tfHx8fHx8fHx8MTc4NjQzNTIwMXw&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=1080. Photographer profile: https://unsplash.com/@swipt (Unsplash).