A collection of accidental exposures by artist and photographer Alexis Vasilikos (previously featured here). Based in Athens, Vasilikos is deeply influenced by Eastern mysticism and drawn to the meditative and transcendental dimensions of image-making. His series, “Involuntary Photographs,” emerged over the past five years and involves “a different mode of seeing.” That is, the results of unintended taps and stray gestures on his mobile device. Or, perhaps, the device’s own autonomous “dreaming”:
“Without traditional framing or subject matter, the resulting photographs form soft abstractions of light, texture, and motion, resembling Color Field paintings more than conventional documentary images. They exist in a liminal space between conscious creation and mechanical observation—photography without a photographer, vision without deliberate intention.”
Speaking to broader conversations around technology, art, and authorship, the series explores questions of agency and perception in an era increasingly shaped by automation and chance. Vasilikos draws on the Taoist principle of wu wei—effortless action—reflecting on the aesthetic of accidents and the role of the artist as both participant and witness.
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