Shawn Saumell - "VIII" | Archival Print
Comes in two versions:
Framed Artist Proof, Signed - 13” x 17”
Unframed Edition / 5, Signed - 8.5” x 11”
This work continues common themes of pareidolia, perception of reality, and the human experience from previous projects. In technology, we see the blocks coded in binary code bits of ones and zeros. Every now and again some unexplainable phenomena occur, a glitch in the matrix, if you will. These pieces peel back some of the virtual façade of our relationship with technology.
These pieces are still frames from a video piece. During the viral peer-to-peer BitTorrent craze of sharing of files, Saumell downloaded a movie, which happened to be coded. It would appear diIerently depending on the video viewer that was selected to open the file with. With one of the software applications, it produced a beautiful matrix of EBU (European Broadcasting Union) color blocks. These scrambled blocks were composed of the primary colors of paint (red, yellow, blue), the primary colors of light (red, green, blue), and the primary colors of pigment inks (cyan, magenta, yellow, black).
Comes in two versions:
Framed Artist Proof, Signed - 13” x 17”
Unframed Edition / 5, Signed - 8.5” x 11”
This work continues common themes of pareidolia, perception of reality, and the human experience from previous projects. In technology, we see the blocks coded in binary code bits of ones and zeros. Every now and again some unexplainable phenomena occur, a glitch in the matrix, if you will. These pieces peel back some of the virtual façade of our relationship with technology.
These pieces are still frames from a video piece. During the viral peer-to-peer BitTorrent craze of sharing of files, Saumell downloaded a movie, which happened to be coded. It would appear diIerently depending on the video viewer that was selected to open the file with. With one of the software applications, it produced a beautiful matrix of EBU (European Broadcasting Union) color blocks. These scrambled blocks were composed of the primary colors of paint (red, yellow, blue), the primary colors of light (red, green, blue), and the primary colors of pigment inks (cyan, magenta, yellow, black).
Comes in two versions:
Framed Artist Proof, Signed - 13” x 17”
Unframed Edition / 5, Signed - 8.5” x 11”
This work continues common themes of pareidolia, perception of reality, and the human experience from previous projects. In technology, we see the blocks coded in binary code bits of ones and zeros. Every now and again some unexplainable phenomena occur, a glitch in the matrix, if you will. These pieces peel back some of the virtual façade of our relationship with technology.
These pieces are still frames from a video piece. During the viral peer-to-peer BitTorrent craze of sharing of files, Saumell downloaded a movie, which happened to be coded. It would appear diIerently depending on the video viewer that was selected to open the file with. With one of the software applications, it produced a beautiful matrix of EBU (European Broadcasting Union) color blocks. These scrambled blocks were composed of the primary colors of paint (red, yellow, blue), the primary colors of light (red, green, blue), and the primary colors of pigment inks (cyan, magenta, yellow, black).
