Applications, 2016.
Ribbons on Clams, 2016 (1 of 3)
[Acrylic, Reverse Vinyl Graphic Print, LED. 500x500mm]
These 3 works have been created through an application on my phone, allowing arbitrary and impulsive design choices to be formally represented. Ubiquitous features found in applications allow a myriad of contrasting design preferences that currently over-saturate social media and infiltrate ways in which we view online imagery.
Photos previously taken and stored on my phone, or freshly photographed images are combined, which in turn creates a digital narrative captured by myself as the user. This also allows a protagonist role to be present within the work. Apps used to create compositions are chosen, at random, from my tool- box of design applications. This aspect further represents the personal and global immediacy in technology that we have insistently become reliant on.
Investigation into iphone applications as alternative art making tools, material utilization and translations of digital compositions becoming physical objects are three prevalent areas of research informing this final installation.
Currently in Chartwell Trust, Auckland Art Gallery, Toi o Tamaki, New Zealand.
Applications, 2016.
Ribbons on Clams, 2016 (1 of 3)
[Acrylic, Reverse Vinyl Graphic Print, LED. 500x500mm]
These 3 works have been created through an application on my phone, allowing arbitrary and impulsive design choices to be formally represented. Ubiquitous features found in applications allow a myriad of contrasting design preferences that currently over-saturate social media and infiltrate ways in which we view online imagery.
Photos previously taken and stored on my phone, or freshly photographed images are combined, which in turn creates a digital narrative captured by myself as the user. This also allows a protagonist role to be present within the work. Apps used to create compositions are chosen, at random, from my tool- box of design applications. This aspect further represents the personal and global immediacy in technology that we have insistently become reliant on.
Investigation into iphone applications as alternative art making tools, material utilization and translations of digital compositions becoming physical objects are three prevalent areas of research informing this final installation.
Currently in Chartwell Trust, Auckland Art Gallery, Toi o Tamaki, New Zealand.
Applications, 2016. A series including 3 pieces in total: Ciggies and Daisies, Selfie Portrait, and Ribbons and Clams.
Chartwell Trust Collection, of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. New Zealand.
Ciggies and Daisies, 2016
Laser cut acrylic with applied reverse digital vinyl, LED lights.
19 x 19 in
Image courtesy of Antoinette Godkin gallery.
Selfie Portait, and Ribbons and Clams, both 2016. HYFR - Zeus Gallery, Tauranga, Aotearoa. https://hyfrart.co.nz/collections/clare-gemima
Riff Raff originated as a semi-imaginary artist-run space started by Li-Ming Hu with special guest founding member, Daphne Simons in mid-2016.
While on residency at Enjoy Public Art Gallery from 30 January – 19 February 2017, Riff Raff will co-opt the gallery space as their production house, organising
a live-streamed 12-hour telethon-style event to solicit a diverse collection of donated work from artists and the general public throughout the nation.