Contemplators

English

A collection about the art of stopping


A collection about the art of stopping


A collection about the art of stopping


The Contemplators capture that instant when attention is focused and everything else disappears.

The Contemplators capture that instant when attention is focused and everything else disappears.

The Contemplators capture that instant when attention is focused and everything else disappears.

Contemplators

Each piece features a silent figure whose only action is to observe.

Each piece features a silent figure whose only action is to observe.

Each piece features a silent figure whose only action is to observe.

There is no explicit narrative or obvious action. What changes is not what happens, but how it is perceived.

There is no explicit narrative or obvious action. What changes is not what happens, but how it is perceived.

There is no explicit narrative or obvious action. What changes is not what happens, but how it is perceived.

Each Contemplator embodies a distinct form of contemplation: a specific way of relating to the world through attention.

Each Contemplator embodies a distinct form of contemplation: a specific way of relating to the world through attention.

Each Contemplator embodies a distinct form of contemplation: a specific way of relating to the world through attention.

In a digital environment dominated by speed and constant distraction, the collection proposes something increasingly rare:

In a digital environment dominated by speed and constant distraction, the collection proposes something increasingly rare:

In a digital environment dominated by speed and constant distraction, the collection proposes something increasingly rare:

the pause of the gaze.

the pause of the gaze.

the pause of the gaze.

The 100 Contemplators

The 100 Contemplators

Contemplators is structured as a cartography of contemplation. All the pieces that make up the collection should not be understood merely as formal variations of a character, but as unique configurations of a perceptual experience.

Contemplators is structured as a cartography of contemplation. All the pieces that make up the collection should not be understood merely as formal variations of a character, but as unique configurations of a perceptual experience.

Each work is constructed from the interaction of five dimensions: the object of contemplation, as the focus of the gaze; the mental state, as the inner disposition; the environment, as the atmosphere of perception; the sensitive vector as the degree or quality that defines the experience; and the contemplative connection, as the relationship with what you contemplate.

Each work is constructed from the interaction of five dimensions: the object of contemplation, as the focus of the gaze; the mental state, as the inner disposition; the environment, as the atmosphere of perception; the sensitive vector as the degree or quality that defines the experience; and the contemplative connection, as the relationship with what you contemplate.

Each work is constructed from the interaction of five dimensions: the object of contemplation, as the focus of the gaze; the mental state, as the inner disposition; the environment, as the atmosphere of perception; the sensitive vector as the degree or quality that defines the experience; and the contemplative connection, as the relationship with what you contemplate.

The combination of these five layers generates thousands of distinct ways to inhabit the same essential gesture: to pause before something and hold the gaze. In this sense, each Contemplator functions as an autonomous perceptual unit, a small scene where a particular relationship is rehearsed between consciousness, the world, and intensity.

The combination of these five layers generates thousands of distinct ways to inhabit the same essential gesture: to pause before something and hold the gaze. In this sense, each Contemplator functions as an autonomous perceptual unit, a small scene where a particular relationship is rehearsed between consciousness, the world, and intensity.

Thus, the collection is presented as a contemplative atlas: a topography of states, presences, and modes of attention. More than representing characters, these pieces map possibilities of perception.

Thus, the collection is presented as a contemplative atlas: a topography of states, presences, and modes of attention. More than representing characters, these pieces map possibilities of perception.

Thus, the collection is presented as a contemplative atlas: a topography of states, presences, and modes of attention. More than representing characters, these pieces map possibilities of perception.

Do you want to get more information?

Do you want to get more information?

Here you have answers to frequently asked questions.

Here you have answers to frequently asked questions.

Here you have answers to frequently asked questions.

What is a Contemplator?

What is a Contemplator?

A form of attention with one's own body: a state of contemplation.

A form of attention with one's own body: a state of contemplation.

A form of attention with one's own body: a state of contemplation.

Do I need to understand the story?

Do I need to understand the story?

No. Just feel it. The story is the framework; the experience is yours.

No. Just feel it. The story is the framework; the experience is yours.

No. Just feel it. The story is the framework; the experience is yours.

What does "collecting attention" mean?

What does "collecting attention" mean?

Save a piece that reminds you to pause, look, and be present.

Save a piece that reminds you to pause, look, and be present.

Save a piece that reminds you to pause, look, and be present.

Are there oddities or levels?

Are there oddities or levels?

Yes, but they don't compete for "better". They are different ways of looking.

Yes, but they don't compete for "better". They are different ways of looking.

Yes, but they don't compete for "better". They are different ways of looking.

Why 100?

Why 100?

Because contemplation has many faces, and none are definitive.

Because contemplation has many faces, and none are definitive.

Because contemplation has many faces, and none are definitive.