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GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES ON PAPER THE QUUAZARHR FOSSILS SERIES PHILIPPE HALABURDA STUDIO 2025
Stratiform
About the theme of "synaptic meadow"
My process begins with friction between control and accident, structure
and entropy.
I start by choosing a limited set of materials: matte black vinyl, orange tape,
LEGO bricks, foil stickers, and found textures.
These aren’t neutral choices; they carry associations with urban development, consumer culture, and childhood systems of play and order.
Instead of sketching a composition, I respond directly to the paper’s surface.
I apply tape and cut shapes with intentional awkwardness,
letting misalignments and overlaps suggest the disjointed nature
of modern infrastructures.
Each addition is a decision, but also an interruption, a refusal to settle
into harmony. I sand some parts, layer others, remove, and rotate.
Nothing is sacred.
The act of assembling becomes a form of speculative mapping.
I’m not drawing what exists; I’m reconstructing what might be found
after something breaks down.
I think of these pieces as ruins of logic, grids corrupted by emotion,
systems that hold tension between utility and poetry.
During this process, I moved through emotions like:
- Dislocation, as I fragmented familiar shapes into unrecognizable configurations
- Curiosity, treating each layer like a new archaeological find
- Rebellion, rejecting compositional “rules” in favor of spatial unease
- Resolve, pushing each piece until it arrived at a state of charged instability
Ultimately, this series questions permanence and asks:
What survives after the order fails?
The answer, in my work, is residue, chaotic, vibrant, and stubbornly human.
Details of the series
SERIES OF 2 ABSTRACT COLLAGES ON BLACK PAPER
Emotion Alienation, frustration, and determination
Material Acrylic painting, stickers, and color tapes
Medium Paper 24 x 18 inches
Date 2025
Authentification Signed and title on the back
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