One of the things I am constantly exploring in my work is the interplay between the digital and non-digital. In my daily life I constantly switch between the two without a thought, and mainly out of awareness. I am also interested in addressing how artists can utilise digital as a medium without having extensive technological… Read More →
Tag: GAN
Generating still life
Still life has long been my ‘go to’ genre. The symbolism of still life sits well with my explorations of impermanence and mortality. I am interested in our relationships to objects and the interplay between material and digital. I also feel a debt of gratitude to all those women who were pioneers in the field… Read More →
Into the generated woods
I am fascinated by the way the GANs have responded to my training set of woods and trees. It is extraordinary how some seem so close and others are more abstract, a collection of disparate shapes and colours. When I discussed the resulting video with someone the other week, she described it as dreamlike, on… Read More →
‘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: PechaKucha
The above presentation shows the evolution of my work in relation to the notion of digital afterlife. It shows my influences, and hopefully illustrates my developing practice. Please note there are some moderately flashing images at the end. This was the third time I had presented my PechaKucha (a presentation format using 20 slides shown… Read More →
Invocation project show: Rothko, the machine and me
Having once seemed an age away, my next creative practice project was suddenly upon me, I have been focusing much of my energy on the forthcoming MFA interim show in the James Hockey Gallery so adding in this project felt like quite a stretch. Discussion with my co-exhibitor, Tianxing surfaced a number of possible titles.… Read More →