Synthetic Echoes, 2024 The challenge of the moment is therefore to re-think the meaning of appropriation in relation to a reality constituted by a multiplicity of spatialized temporalities. (Verwoert, 2007) I have now been working with the art of Rachel Ruysch and my Dutch women of the 17th Century as a starting point for more… Read More →
Tag: Digital remains
Threads, Traces & Echoes
Reflections on a personal project exploring the nature of art in the age of digital reproduction.
‘Field Work’ expanded
In March we were set a project prompt that encouraged us to interact with a public site in nature as far as was safe to do at the time given the lockdown restrictions. Select a public site in nature you can record using photography, print, drawing, film or create site-specific works by walking, using found… Read More →
Digital Remains: Broken packets
Yesterday’s play with colours has resulted in more experimentation today. It’s still work in progress but it’s interesting to explore the different possibilities and see which ones resonate for me. I had kept the backgrounds white because much of our data transfer is about light but as ever, I am drawn to the dark and… Read More →
Digital Remains: moving into stage 2
Hard to believe we are now a third of the way through the course, and it’s been three months since I was last in the college studios. In the initial phase of lockdown, I felt like I had lots of energy and was painting daily. Then we went into assessment hand in and the focus… Read More →
Digital Objects of the Dead: Negotiating electronic remains
Bereavement means the experience of deprivation and loss (Moller, 1996) and ‘grief is the primarily emotional reaction to the loss of a loved one.’ (Stroebe & Schut, 1998) Human response to loss is not genetically determined but culturally learned. (DeSpelder & Strickland, 1996) The article begins by highlighting the socially constructed nature of grieving and… Read More →