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Art344 Digiscape - Artist Statement

 

            In order to complete this assignment, I first had to understand what a “digiscape” meant to me.  This took me through a mental journey through the possible definitions of “landscape” and then was to apply it in a digital format.  Here is a slight description of my journey:

Digiscape à  Digital Landscape à  (Digital) Landscape à 

            Landscape = 6. An extensive mental view; an interior prospect: “They occupy the             whole landscape of my thought” (James Thurber) (dictionary.com) à

                        ...Extensive = 2. Of or relating to the cultivation of vast areas of land with                                     a minimum of labor or expense.

                        ...Prospect = 6. The act of surveying or examining. à

Digiscape = an extensive and digitalized mental view; an interior survey or examine...

            This journey broaden my mind to sort through my thoughts to find a way to express my extensive mental view of the world.

            As an environmentally conscious individual, I knew that it was only appropriate for my third project to reflect the environment in some way and when I found a neighbor’s planted bathtub, I knew what I wanted to do.

            The image is meant to show the scene after the earth decided to start over – wipe the slate clean.  Though I like my final print for this class, I have better ideas for the assignment but feel quite limited by my Photoshop (amoung other) skills.

            In the future, I plan on maybe converting the image from its photograph-based appearance and into a more drawn/painted appearance and maybe that will help to smooth out my Photoshop attempts.

An Apocalyptic Repose

I'm thinking to name my final digiscape print something along the line of "An Apocalyptic Repose."

I chose both of the follow paintings because the fact the horizon is so far off.  I like how de Chirico's painting holds a dramatic vanishing point and how Tanguy's horizon just fades into the sky.

Giorgio de Chirico

Departure of the Argonaunts

Yves Tanguy

Toilette de l'Air

Digiscape

Salvador Dali

Spain

Salvador Dali

Apparition of a Face and Fruit Dish on a Beach

Rene Magritte

L'invention Collective

alright, so a few updates.

1) i went totally hand for the flyer i was working on. kinda last minute, but the row liked it so it's all gravy. here it is and everyone should stop by on this saturday, 12-9pm (on academy st. between main/delaware), $5, 7 bands, lots of fun.

2) As for the next project, i've been thinkin a lot about it (the opposite of what jennifer to said to do). Here's some of the thoughts I'm working on:

Digiscape-->

Digital Landscape-->

Digital Landscape-->

Landscape = 6. An extensive mental view; an interior prospect: “They occupy the whole landscape of my thought” (James Thurber) (dictionary.com) -->

...Extensive = 2. Of or relating to the cultivation of vast areas of land with a minimum of labor or expense.

...Prospect = 6. The act of surveying or examining. -->

Digital Landscape = an extensive and digitalized mental view; an interior survey or examine...

I'll go from there...

Or not...