D A T A D R A W I N G S
data drawing #58 brca1?, 2019
Each piece is naturally occurring pigments, block ink, graphite, on a 12" square panel.
Compelled by data and ways we perceive truth and construct reality, in these works I use raw data collected from nature - transferred onto a work surface. At first nothing appears distinct. Contemplation and study begin. In time a point or sequence of data points become evident and I make note, marking them with pencil. Marks continue to multiply. Occasionally many data points come into focus at once inspiring a momentary sense of chaos. Patience returns and I resume the task of reading and marking. Conscious to rotate the panel as I work, this forces me to view the data differently. From experience I know this patient persistence will allow variables [like time and light] to reveal nuanced characteristics in the data that would otherwise go unnoticed. This process continues, and the image emerges, over many sittings; and, like a puzzle, ends when it has reached a logical conclusion.
Each piece is naturally occurring pigments, block ink, graphite, on a 12" square panel.
Compelled by data and ways we perceive truth and construct reality, in these works I use raw data collected from nature - transferred onto a work surface. At first nothing appears distinct. Contemplation and study begin. In time a point or sequence of data points become evident and I make note, marking them with pencil. Marks continue to multiply. Occasionally many data points come into focus at once inspiring a momentary sense of chaos. Patience returns and I resume the task of reading and marking. Conscious to rotate the panel as I work, this forces me to view the data differently. From experience I know this patient persistence will allow variables [like time and light] to reveal nuanced characteristics in the data that would otherwise go unnoticed. This process continues, and the image emerges, over many sittings; and, like a puzzle, ends when it has reached a logical conclusion.
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