We are living in an ever increasing digital age, with all aspects of life being pervaded by computers, social media, and artificial intelligence. These changes are amazing! I mean - I've the same amount or more power in my smartphone than that was used to land Neil Armstrong on the moon!
But: traditional and 'old fashioned' forms of art and media are still necessary, and important, and needed. The medium completely changes the meaning of the piece. Think about watching a film in the cinema verse at home - they're a totally different experience. Same as reading a book, in its physical form or on a Kindle. Print is an invaluable form of media and art. It allows for such a different process and experience, for both the artist and the viewer.
For this piece, I wanted to try an emphasis how print and the tactile in life is still necessary and needed, and how life becoming more digital and online might not be beneficial - from making art, listening to music, writing and learning. I also wanted to show to long history of print media and how far we have come. With the first letter being the Chi Rho page from the Book of Kells, to the Microsoft Word Document in the bottom row.
Close Ups of Each Letter
Chi Rho Page from the Book of Kells
A more detailed image of the Chi Rho page.
R in the style of Sign Painting
Calligraphy I on aged paper, to represent letter writing
Collage of Ns, to represent the variety of fonts
T painted on a vinyl to represent the physical in music consumption. The T is from the cover of Live Through This by Hole
A stack of books to again the loss of the physical in the form of books. They are a collection of fiction and non-fiction books, on a variety of topics.
This is to represent the colourfulness of print, espically in advertising.
This N was printed using a carving block and acrylic paint, in refernce to the long history of printing, from lino to copper plate.
This O is the result of folding out a zine, with the meaning behind this project written within it. I used a zine to represent the importance of self publishing and in celebration of the revolutionary nature of them used by feminists and punks to inspire socail change.
Title page
Page 1
Page 2
Page 3
This D was created in photoshop and to still celebrate the advancements of digital art and what we can do now with the digital age. It is not all bad, we can do some very cool things with it all. All the images making up the piece begin with the letter D.
The full image of the digital piece.
This E piece and conjoining A piece are tied together to show the juxtaposition of writing things digitally or by hand.
The E appears more sterile and cold, while the main A, and the ones behind it all have more movement and personality to them. You can feel more from the scribbled A than the typed E.
