Thursday Post. 10.29.

I am interested in the way that staring into a screen gives people a sense of accomplishment and productivity. Specifically, the documentary Planet Earth, because it gives a viewer the illusion that they can travel around the globe without ever leaving home. Setting foot outside the door is no longer necessary, because the wilds of the world are now unfolding on your television screen. I have been playing the Planet Earth documentary on my computer and shooting it so that there are visible pixels and warped lines from the screen. The subtle additions that these elements add to the already abstracted images is my current aesthetic. These images are to read as commentary on human interaction with the image and the screen. We regard the screen as it's own entity more often than an object of our own creation.
The ways in which humans imitate and try to duplicate processes of the natural world also feed into my imagery. Specifically, in terms of crystalline structures. Crystals are fascinating because their molecular structures are so unique, but for years scientists have known how to create crystals and gemstones in labs around the world. Human beings are working to create alternatives to all living things. It's as if we are turning a cheek to the natural, because we can make it better. Nature left us a map, and we follow the roads, but we are constantly looking for short cuts.
For example, China has the worlds leading weather manipulation technology and scientists are currently working to create a resolution clearer than even the human eye.