NEW MEDIA WORKS
This is a selection of new media works in which I explore the potential of new technologies to investigate questions around the physical and metaphysical, as well as spiritual aspects to art.
LE BOL ORIGINAL
2022
This triptych, displays three versions of the same bowl. The first one was hand-craftedfrom clay and came into existence through the interaction of the four elements, earth, air, fire and water. It is as physically bound to this earth as can be, and formed by human hands. The second iteration is a 3D-printed version of the same bowl. A completely machine-made object, which in size and form is almost indistinguishable from the "Original". The third iteration is metaphysical. It is only viewable through a phone lens. Like a ghost, it does not really exist. The questions addressed by this work, are ones of physicality, metaphysicality and of whether things come into existence through physical formation, human iteration or even just through thought.
LA RÉVÉLATION
2022
La Révélation is an interactive installation, which engages the viewer through cognitive and bodily activity. The Artwork, hung on a wall, resembling a triptych, contains in its middle frame a small artwork. Any viewer who desires to get close to it will learn that it is impossible to see what the frame of the middle part contains. Fitted with distance sensors, it detects when a viewer gets close to it and the glass of the frame becomes opaque.
THE HUMAN IN MACHINE-MADE ART (RESEARCH)
2021-2023
The question if machines can make art has existed since before the industrial revolution. This research aims to clarify if this goal is attainable by comparing two case studies: Méta-Matic No. 10, a machine built by Jean Tinguely in 1959, and Ai-Da Robot, an ultra-realistic robot using Artificial Intelligence, invented in 2019. Both machines were built with similar intentions.
ACCELERATED ENTROPY
2021-2023
These images were created digitally by altering virtual 3D models of cultural heritage artefacts which had been destroyed. I was struck by the beauty of these sculptures and artefacts and sculptures such as the Lion of Mosul, which had survived thousands of years and were now reduced to dust. Looking at these virtual versions of the sculptures, made me question how much can be preserved through digital copies of the physical world. I decided that I wanted to make artworks based on them. So, I used these 3D models and started changing the code which made up their fabric. I was surprised by how the shapes started to change and the amazing colours which appeared. These glitch artworks are artworks which were reborn, not out of a process of creation, but a process of destruction.