Forty Eight Pages: Hélène Binet

«Hélène Binet’s photographs pose intriguing questions about the relations of the viewed subject and the artistic intention, entity and detail, space and atmosphere, materiality and illumination. … Buildings turn into landscapes, while landscapes become intimate tactile surfaces as if they were the aged leather of a living creature. Even air tends to take on characteristics of solid matter; the sky is no longer a void, as it projects a sense of gravity and opacity. Her images accentuate materiality, as if they were intended to be experienced through the skin rather than the eyes» (Juhani Pallasmaa).