"Corrupt Collage" UPDATE

Photo Glitching and Wayne Bryan

While the category of "collage" is vast and numerous, digital art has only increased the interest among artists young and old. Striving to push the known boundaries, technology and social media connected these inspired individuals to warp natural form into objective beauty. One of the many formats in which this is accomplished is by photo glitching, or scrambling the written code of digital images. Because the basic file 'DNA' is rearranged, the finally product is a birth defective, yet accidentally fascinating mosaic.

Untitled- Dylan Cope himself

For example, the following photo on the left was recreated through text edit and rearranging html coding.

Anyway, after witnessing the power of text edit and its unorthodox outcomes, glitched photos have served as a fun and entertaining source of inspiration, due mostly through unknown outcomes and endless selection of photos. Because of this, I have chosen to alter various photos of life and advertisement into one, unpredictable collage; aiming to reflect upon the sheer power and no limit potential the digital world holds.

One of the inspirations for this piece comes from renown media artist Wayne Bryan. A local artist living in Alexandria Virginia, Wayne holds a diverse portfolio of incredibly intricate work. He studied at University of South Florida in Tampa before becoming inspired by advertising and pop culture work through media. His works have received multiple awards along with being displayed in studios as far as Beijing.

My personal favorite collection on his Saatchi Online profile would most likely be "P/D3 Glitch Collage Studies"work. Not only are these images powerful in which they overwhelm viewers in random detail and sparse color, they also feel oddly connected and organized- a feeling I hope my final project will release.

The Unreasonable Man

The visual power of the reds and blacks are evident along with the rounded molecules.

Natural Selection Doesn't Play Fair

A more accurate depiction of what I plan to create but far less detailed.
I like to imagine this as one large code or puzzle.

 The eternal Return of the Unique Event

Possibly the most mesmerizing and beautiful despite the absence of color.
A personal favorite.

   Website Profile and other works:

http://www.saatchionline.com/art-collection/Assemblage-Collage/P-D3-Glitch-Collage-Studies/338049/33815/view

Photoshop Edits

Random chicken (After)

(Before)

Mushroom (After)

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ZR-1 (After)

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Shelby Fastback After

Before

10 Experimental Scans

Pretty Fabulous

Chris Finley

While reading the pdf file on the rise of digital technology and art, one artist caught my eye with his unique approach and results. Chris Finely, a relatively recent artist, is a clear example as to how the digital age has affected him both in reality and in artistic mentality. Finely, known mostly for his earlier drawings, created assortments of bizarre works such as Drool Sweat Scream (1998) show below.

In this mind bending work, various images are exposed to the viewer through a reflective format which duplicates opposing sides with that trippy telescope manner. Just like the title, activities that induce drool, sweat, and screaming are shown; none of which are very attractive due to the choice in facial detail or color. Just look at the bottom middle of the frame: Albert Einstein seems to be chowing down on what appears to be a cockroach and strawberry topped deep dish pizza with all three of his hands. Horrendous.

Anyway his old work is beside the point. In the late 90's Finely had a revelation and found perspective due to his excitement for video games and programming. Thankfully the days of pizza/weightlifting/orientals had 

come to a halt.

In the reading, the selected piece titled Goo Goo Pow Wow (2001) caught my eye due to its capture of unusual beauty (seen right). When reading, the work became even more enticing due to his reenactment of technological glitching, or the limitation of a computer software. I feel this exposes the concept that the digital world is far from natural reality behind the screen. In terms of strength, more dominate color could be used such as a blue back ground but I believe the piece is potent enough, 

Citations:

Paul, Christiane. Digital Art. New York: Thames & Hudson, 2003. Print.

"Contemporary Art & Artists: ARTS 1001 Blog." Web log post. Contemporary Art & Artists – Chris Finley. N.p., 22 Nov. 2008. Web. 04 Sept. 2013. <http://blog.lib.umn.edu/peza0001/arts1001wednesdays/2008/11/contemporary_artist_chris_finl.html>.

    

This is my first ever blog post-

I've always toyed with the concept of a virtual life journal but never gotten around to it. The title "Going Over the Edge" derives from one of my favorite quotes by Hunter S. Thompson himself-

"The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over."

I feel as though this concept ties in perfectly with not only the limitless attributes of art, but also the modern digital age and its seemingly endless ceiling. I look forward to this class and hope I will make use of the lessons given.



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