SA TA NA MA
Eva Kalpadaki
SA TA NA MA is a series of images captured at different times of the day and on different days. Each image consists of 11 photographs of the Brighton sea, taken with a camera programmed to automatically shoot one frame per minute over an 11-minute period. During this time, I sit in front of the camera with my eyes at the same level as the viewfinder, meditating with closed eyes. I practise the Kundalini Yoga meditation SA TA NA MA, which lasts for 11 minutes, followed by a 12th minute of silence, hence, no image occupies the final position. Each photograph follows the same composition, with the sky and sea occupying equal halves of the frame.
With this work, I bring together my love of the sea, meditation and photography through a personal ritual. Especially during Covid, meditating daily by the sea helped me maintain inner balance, clarity and connection at a time of uncertainty and isolation. The sea became a place to pause, breathe and reconnect with myself and the world around me.
The series transforms this private practice into an invisible, behind-the-camera performance. The performance remains invisible to the viewer, with the camera acting as witness and technological mediator between myself and the sea.
Returning to the Brighton seafront where the photographs were created, I bring the work back to its original site, inviting viewers into a visual meditation on presence, change, time and spiritual connection between humans and nature.
Artist
Eva Kalpadaki
Eva Kalpadaki, originally from Greece, is a photographic artist based in Brighton, UK. She challenges conventional expectations of photography, exploring the tension between representation and abstraction. Selected for Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2008, her work has been exhibited internationally in solo and group exhibitions. She holds a PhD in Arts and Communication from UCA and a PGCE teaching qualification. Her artistic practice informs her work as a photography tutor, mentor and accredited Creativity Life Coach, helping others develop their creative potential.
Venue
Brighton Seafront
Brighton Seafront, Brighton and Hove, Hove BN3 1HA - By the seafront railings at the level of Lansdowne Place, to the right of the Victorian seaside shelter.
Brighton and HoveHove
BN3 1HA
Opening times
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Private View
Saturday 10 October, 3-5pm
Brighton Seafront, Brighton and Hove, Hove BN3 1HA
RSVP: eva@bright-on-photography.co.uk
Artist Talk
Friday 16 October, 3:30-5:00pm
Brighton Seafront, Brighton and Hove, Hove BN3 1HA
Just drop by! Weather permitting. Email eva@bright-on-photography.co.uk to confirm before you visit.
Photography Creativity Undressed
A Free Live Online Talk on The Roadblocks To Photographic Creativity
Thursday 22 October, 7-9pm
To receive the Zoom link, email eva@bright-on-photography.co.uk
FREE Mindful Photography Workshop
Friday 23 October, 3:00 - 5:00pm
Brighton Seafront, Brighton and Hove, Hove BN3 1HA
Places are limited. Email eva@bright-on-photography.co.uk to book your place.
FREE Online Mentoring / Creativity Life Coaching
30-minute sessions
Email eva@bright-on-photography.co.uk to book yours.
Photographic Creativity Survey - Have your say
Access the link in the events survey listing.
Please note that exhibition opening times and seafront events are weather permitting.
Email eva@bright-on-photography.co.uk to confirm before you visit.
