LIGHT & SHADOW | ORGANIC COGNITION — Haci Sami Yaman
LIGHT & SHADOW – ARTHELPER ART COMPETITION
ORGANIC COGNITION – Light, Shadow & Perception
With this artistic video, I am participating in ArtHelper’s “Light & Shadow” art competition.
My work explores the interplay of light, shadow, color, movement, and the different dimensions of perception.
Light reveals what is visible, while shadow can emphasize or conceal other dimensions of what we see. Together, they create contrasts, transitions, connections, and transformations.
I am particularly interested in how different lighting conditions transform the appearance of an artwork and how its structures, shapes, and colors can be perceived and interpreted in diverse ways.
These artistic explorations are part of my long-standing engagement with organic cognition, information fields, the microcosm and macrocosm, and the relationships between humanity, nature, and cosmic order.
My works represent independent artistic and philosophical reflections. They make no medical, psychological, or therapeutic claims, nor do they present themselves as universally established scientific findings.
For me, art means making questions visible, allowing different perspectives to coexist, and approaching the unknown with openness and respect.
My heartfelt thanks go to ArtHelper and to everyone who accompanies my artistic journey with interest, attention, and appreciation.
Artwork: Original works created by Haci Sami Yaman.
Music: Original composition by Haci Sami Yaman, created in 2000.
Haci Sami Yaman (H.S.Y)
Outsider Artist · Berlin, Germany
Open Studio of the Alexianer St. Hedwig Hospitals, Berlin
R.T.A.IN.MANA
Watch the complete public video on ArtHelper:
https://www.arthelper.com/de/community/general/post/post-20261107-2da79637
Visit my public Facebook page “Haci Sami Yaman – Outsider Art” for more artworks and videos:
Dear Luther, that distinction between planned and discovered is important. It began for me through discovery: living with severely limited eyesight, I noticed how even slight changes in illumination could make marks and forms appear, disappear or reorganize. As I continued building acrylic layers, sanding and polishing surfaces, and adding fine symbolic lines, I began deliberately returning to the same works under changing light. So discovery gradually became part of my method, while the results still surprise me. The work tests an artistic question through experience, not a medical hypothesis. Have you encountered a material property that first surprised you and later became a conscious part of your practice? With appreciation, Haci Sami Yaman
Entdeckung wird zur Methode. Das ist die Sequenz, die tatsächlich funktioniert, weil du das Licht nicht dazu zwingst, sich zu verhalten, und du lernst zu sehen, was es bereits tut.