| Digital Minimalism/Figuratives | ||
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Digital Minimalism/Figuratives is a body of 12 laser-etched birch panels that refer to my earlier body of work, Gnerative Nudes. Here, the images are made manifest through the creation of laser-etched reliefs in birch wood. The images are transformed from digital images to wood bas relief, and given sculptural qualities. The sensual matter of the body is doubled by its relief into wood.
The aspect of this body of work (as in Space Invader & DM/Huletts) is its inscription within wood as its primary medium. Thedigital image is formalized by etching them into birch panels by using a high-power laser cutter programmed to selectively burn the pixels into the wood proportional to the degree of grayscale in the image. In this way, the images are them made manifest; there is no question of their materiality. The pieces are now burned reliefs of the digital image, their smell reifies their tangibility, and their sepia/black burns refer to the history of photography. Series of print works on paper will be created in Fall 2005 with this method. This is related to the Verbotenbilden series (as Max Kauffmann), the 8 Bits or Less Video Series, and a large body of other works.
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| Patrick is represented by Barrister's Gallery in New Orleans, LA | ||
| contact: voydatvoyddotcom | ||