Can you hear the breath of stillness between shadow and light?

These images are not scenes.
They are pauses.
Moments where something is about to disappear… or become visible.
Unveiled Presence is derived from the film The Veil of Maya as a series of still images.
Each photograph holds a suspended state of perception: neither narrative nor abstraction, but presence.
The works explore perception, fragility and inner thresholds… moments where something is about to dissolve, shift, or be seen differently.
Series
Unveiled Presence unfolds as a series of seven images.
Each work exists as an autonomous moment, while remaining part of a larger perceptual field.
The images do not appear all at once.
They emerge over time, each finding its own context and place of presentation.
Exhibitions
Each image is presented individually, in different spaces.
Unveiled Presence: On the Edge of Destruction (image 1)
2024
Aerial photograph, print on Dibond
Presented in Welcome to the Neighbourhood, Blut! Art Gallery, Kortrijk
14 January – 12 April 2026
(Next images will be revealed as the series unfolds.)
Contact
For further information
nele@heelvannele.be
