Wayne Churcher
Wellington
I work across various media, all pointing to a curiosity of the unified visual field. The poster as medium currently has my attention.
MessageCollection: Revolution - polyester plate lithographs
Algorithmically made 'keys' succumb to rotation and translation through layering of transparent inks. I designed a simple program to create these 2-dimensional forms within a vector field of variable dimensions. Chosen keys were made for polyester plate lithography and screen printing. Process in each technique was permitted to be revealed, offering a sense of passage as each work is created. I see the use of code as a material as much as paper and ink of printmaking. While I could romantically call the program a collaborator, I cannot; it is simply a tool - like a specific brush - that I have made, with simple rules and output. Nevertheless, the program can create a large array of novel forms that (i) I would not have considered and (ii) produce a vast number of possibilities not manually possible in a human lifetime. While Antony Gormley and Olafur Eliasson have their multitude of staff, I have my programs. Rotation as an operation blocks any 'a priori' of expectation of the unified field; however I do choose keys to maintain an 'empty sign' or rather, to prevent unintentional references to physical things. They are what they are.
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